(And now I'ma going to make part 29)

(Also, Firesplash [cute name by the way] is pretty close to Twigstrike, witch could end up pretty funny:

(Wispi, I have to admit I laughed when I red your comment about the secret 'rebellion', because this is literally the definition of rebellion: an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.)

(So, would Firesplash kinda look like this:

I tried to make him as close as I could but it's REALLY hard to do a bay roan pinto on DDFH)

(The triplets and Redmoon and Breezebell should go spy on their parents. The triplets’ parents I mean. You know what I mean lol)

Robincloud:

The mare blinked. "Then we can do something after the delivery, if you'd prefer, Starsummer," she suggested. "But at least until it's a weanling," she said calmly and cooly. She glanced at Moonstream with pestering eyes, but looked away quickly.

Redmoon:

Redmoon and her sister both huddled under a tree with Emberblaze, Magicpetal, and Goldenstream.

Brightwing nodded in agreement with his mate, ignoring for the moment her suspicious glance. “I agree with Starsummer. Do any of you want the blood of an unborn foal on your wings? Or a yearling filly, spy or not?”

(Nvm, and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH THAT"S SUPER COOOOOOOL!!!!!!!)

(Oh, and here‘s the secret:

Brightwing and Moonstream are both part of a rebellion nobody knows about unless the rebellion wants you to know. The members are some of the smartest, quickest, most talented pegasi in all of Anok, but their group is still rather small. That’s where Brightwing always disappears to.)

(I kinda gave a big clue there, but meh)

Starsummer:

She stamped her hoof at Jaggedwing's previous statement. "Are you saying that we attack Emeraldheart? Because if you are, I under no circumstance will be apart of that. We are not going to attack a pregnant mare, especially one who's so close to delivery." she snapped. She momentarily saw Brightwing glance at Moonstream, but she didn't think to much of it, but when he commented about Moonstream, Starsummer furrowed her eyes, but didn't say anything, nor think to much of it.

(YYYAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! HE LOOKS SOOOOOO CUUTTEE!!!!!!!!!! I'll announce it after the council meeting or something)

(I have the Brightsummer foal description all done!

Name: Fireslash

Gender: male

Age: not born yet

Coat: bay roan pinto

Mane/tail: black

Feathers: Gold tipped in amaranthine red

Markings: dark head, irregular stripe

Crush: TBD

Mate: TBD

Siblings: Emberblaze, Goldenstream, Magicpetal

Personality: always more mentally mature then everyone else his age, hyper at times, sweet, bit of a loner, loves him fam

So River, you can announce the pregnancy whenever you’re ready.)

Moonstream briefly glanced at Brightwing, using the same complex blinking code, then looked back at the ground before anyone else saw her.

Brightwing reacted quickly to the message, saying to the Council steeds, “I suggest we keep her under guard with the other two from Flame Herd. Over time, she may wear down and begin to trust us. I was told this is how most Flame Herd steeds react. The old Valley Herd over-stallion before me taught me many things.” Part of this was true, but part of it was not. Brightwing was an extremely good liar. Only Starsummer had ever been able to tell when he was lying.

Hollywing:

He thought for a moment. "There are many effect ways to deal with this kind of situation in Desrt Herd, which one I find very terrible is going without water for at least a moon.... Somehow they all managed to survive," he said, serious now.

(Back, but not for very long)

(Aww, okay)

Breezecloud nodded. "Thank you, Briarcloud."

(gtg do hw)

Jaggedwing-

"We cloud remove all their wings." suggested Jaggedwing.

Briarcloud shot her mate an annoyed look, "Let's not do that."

Breezecloud looked less aghast and more disgusted. "No. We're not removing any wings, spy or not. But if we think Moonstream would respond to the pain of ones she cares about, what do you have in mind?"

Jaggedwing-

"By delivering a couple death blows to the base of the wing." said Jaggedwing, in response to Breezecloud's question. "But I think Hollywing may be right."

Hollywing:

He listened patiently to the others. "Now now, if I know anything the filly won't respond to her own pain, but to the pain of others that she knows and cares about," e said significantly.

Breezecloud looked aghast. "How on earth would you remove a pegasus's wings, Jaggedwing?"

It wasn't until Ashbrook touched down in the jungle that she realized the significance of what she had just done. It was quite possible that she had just initiated a war with Flame herd. She consoled herself by telling herself that Snakewing wanted that.

She cantered up to the lead couple, who were nickering over something while standing under the trees that held their nests. She nodded respectfully and when Snakewing nodded for her to give her report she did so. "I do not know whether I succeeded in killing Cherrycloud or not. I know that one of my hooves hit her shoulder and one hit the main wingbone, so if she remains alive it is extremely unlikely that she'll ever fly again. I'm almost certain that we have just sparked war against Flame Herd."

Snakewing nodded. "Good," he said. "We've delayed their war against Glacier Herd, and Desert Herd steeds know nothing about the jungle. I'm confident we can win. Thank you, Ashbrook."

Ashbrook nodded respectfully and flew over to her hoofholds to prepare.

Mistcloud-

Mistcloud watched as each of the council members added their opions to the mix. Jaggedwing wanted to either have Moonstream's wings broken or removed and Briarcloud insisted that eventually she would break the young spy. But Mistcloud wasn't sure that any of the suggestions would work

Cherrycloud-

The lead mare was stunned that Ashbrook had attacked her, and fumbled to right herself as she plummeted to the ground. Her left wing burned with pain, but she managed to used her non damaged wing to push herself away from the jagged rocks, and towards softer ground. Before she reached the ground, Cherrycloud let out a call, that if it reached her steeds, would tell them she was under attack and needed assistance.

Thankfully, her steeds heard her cry for help, and only a few minuets after hitting the ground, Cherrycloud was surrounded by her captains

(Oh good, that'll give me a chance to catch up)

(gtg to bed)

Bronzewing glanced up at the sky as it started raining. "Better decide quickly," he said.

Emberblaze:

He emerged out of the water as it began raining. "I'll get you back..." he grumbled to Magicpetal as she nickered and the three siblings waded back onto shore.

Magicpetal:

In all the fun, she hadn't realized how clean her coat became, even though it was raining, her wings were bright and her coat silky smooth and she noticed that everyone else had the same.

Goldenstream:

She huddled next to a tree and a sudden thought came to her "Jeeze, Mother has been in that Council meeting forever! Whatever their discussing must be pretty important."

Emberblaze:

He nodded. "Yeah...they've been talking since this morning..." he said, preening his wet feathers

Bronzewing spoke up. "The Firecoat cell seems to be the best option I can see. Do any of you have other ideas?"

Breezecloud replied, "Under guard along with Blazebreeze and Emeraldflame is what I was thinking."

Ashbrook felt accomplished when she reached the mouth of the Tail River and no pursuit had shown itself. From there, the cloud cover would be much easier to stay in over the bay, and of course she would be camouflaged when she arrived back in the jungle.

(Dragon?)

Robincloud:

She lifted her head indignantly. "Moonstream, you know very well there are many options that we can look into," the mare smiled viciously. Hollywing nodded. Red Herd had many affective punishments that was rarely every used.

Redmoon:

She careened to the right and shook her coat and baring her teeth just in time to see Emberblaze fall into the water. Everything was silent for a moment before she broke into a barrel of laughs. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!" she hooted, falling onto her back. Breezebell squealed in joy and dived into the water, also soaking everyone in cold water. The next moment, it began to rain, and all of them started to find cover.

Moonstream became bored as the Council steeds murmured among themselves, deciding her punishment. “Please decide what you’re going to do with me. There can’t be that many options.”

Horizongold cantered into the sky to get away from Redmoon's potential retaliation. He arrowed into the sky and pierced a cloud, then set his sights on an apple hanging from the branch of one of the apple trees. He stooped his wings and dove, gaining speed as he did so. Just as he was about to careen into the ground, he snapped his wings wide and simultaneously nabbed the apple in his mouth. He coasted to a gentle landing and crunched into the apple. Just at that moment, the heavens opened. It began pouring rain, and Horizongold shrank back against the tree to avoid getting drenched- although he already was, thanks to the pond.

Ashbrook tried to restrain herself from narrowing her eyes at Cherrycloud when the lead mare said, "She's no one." This was why Ashbrook had been sent, because of Flame herd's leader's lying. She had never met Cherrycloud, but the spy who had reported back to Jungle Herd had told her all about this mare. Now, as she was flying alongside Cherrycloud, Ashbrook steeled her jaw. It was time. She waited until they were over a rock canyon ledge that dropped into the Tail River, then whirled and let her hooves loose. Ashbrook was incredibly satisfied to hear hoof against bone, and then saw Cherrycloud fall.

She didn't know if she had succeeded in killing her or not. She didn't stick around to find out, though. As soon as her hooves struck home, Ashbrook sped away, hoping to lose Flame Herd in the cloud cover and navigation.

Magicpetal:

She wheezed and coughed she was laughing so hard. "HHHHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!" -cough- "Ok..." -wheeze- "I....." -wheeeeze- "....I think I'm good now...."-cough cough wheeeeeeeezzzzzze-

Goldenstream:

At her sister's laughter she remembered the whole reason she chased Magicpetal over here. She galloped forward and tackled her sister, sending them both splashing into the lake.

Emberblaze:

Is dead. "HHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" X-X XDDDDDD"

Magicpetal: She opened her eyes underwater and saw her sister's face, smirking at her. Magicpetal shoved Goldenstream and Goldenstream chuckled, letting her air out. She pattled to the surface and broke out of the water, still laughing.

Magicpetal:

She patted to the surface as well, but instead of letting her whole head out of water, she let her nostrils and mouth peek out from the water, not revealing her whole figure. She slowly went over to Emberblaze, who had his back turned to her and he was laughing as well. She waded onto shore, grabbed his tail in her teeth and jerked with all her might and strength. Before he knew what was happening, she yanked him into the water.

Emberblaze:

"AAAAAAAH-" as he felt himself getting plunged into the water

Magicpetal:

She was rolling in the water and getting even muddier she was laughing so hard. She watched as Horizongold drew back his wing and drenched Goldenstream with his wave. Tears streamed down her face and she cried with laughter. "HHHHHAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!" she stood up and wiped her tears with her muddy wing. "Phew!!! Oh...wow.....Comedy gold!" and when Goldenstream emerged from the water with the lily pad trapped over her forelock, Magicpetal couldn't stand it. She started cracking up again as Goldenstream looked around wondering why everyone was laughing so hard.

Goldenstream:

She tried to see what everyone was laughing at, and when Silverflame came over and wiped something off her head, she looked up and when Silverflame brushed it off, she watched as the flower fell down. She realized what had happened and she laughed to. "Hahahaaa.... Thanks." she said, and shook her coat off, getting everyone around her soaked, if they weren't already.

(I figured that if Ashbrook knew what Cherrycloud looked like, the two may have met before)

Cherrycloud-

Cherrycloud flicked her ears at Honeyfall, "Oh, she's no one." said the lead mare, "I'll join you in the sky in a moment."

The bay silver dapple mare gave her captains orders not to do anything to their captive, then took off. Moments later, Cherrycloud was gliding beside Ashbrook. "So what did you want to talk about?"

(How does Cherrycloud know Ashbrook's name exactly?)

Ashbrook nodded respectfully, then spoke. "I'd like to have a talk with you. Privately. In the air would be best, but I'd be okay with on the ground away from your captains and that mare. Who is she, by the way?"

Cherrycloud-

Cherrycloud had watched with great interest as a mare, cursed through the desert sky. She had ordered her steeds not to attack, thinking it might be a pegasus sent by Mistcloud to negotiate Honeyfall's release, and was greatly surprised to see that it was a Jungle Herd steed, by the name of Ashbrook instead. In response to the mare, Cherrycloud said, "Yes?"

Silverflame-

Silverflame burst out laughing as soon as the mud started flying, and when the sisters had raced into the woods he had taken to the skies to keep up with them. When Horizongold had surprised Magicpetal and Goldenstream by coming out of the pond, Silverflame landed next to his copper colored friend, just in time to get splashed by the wave of water. Slightly startled by the sudden wetness, Silverflame just stood there for a second, but then he glanced at Goldenstream and smirked, she still had the lily pad sitting on her head. "You got a little something." he said, as the yearling stallion extended his wing to brush it off

Horizongold chuckled and flapped out of the water to go along with Breezebell's words. He landed next to Redmoon, who had stopped and was eyeing him warily, and promptly shook himself off, flinging water all over her.

Breezebelll:

The filly srhrieked in fright at the water and bounded away, whinnying. "Get Redmoon, my evil sister!!" she cried shaking herself off. Redmoon's eyes bulged, and turned to run away.

Horizongold laughed at their outbursts and came up with an idea. He waited until Magicpetal began looping back around the field, back towards him and the others watching. He then took off and nosedived into the pond, creating a gigantic splash. He couldn't keep a straight face at Breezebell and Emberblaze, whom he'd almost drenched. He stayed in the water until Magicpetal passed him, then drew back his wing and sent a huge wave over Goldenstream. She emerged, sputtering, and he burst out laughing at the fact that she now had a lily pad frond draped over her head like a forelock.

Emberblaze:

He cantered forward.

Magicpetal:

She peeked over her shoulder and saw that Goldenstream was right on her tail. "EEP!!!" and she ran in a zig-zag pattern to try and out-maneuver her bigger sister.

Redmoon:

She cocked her head. "Hmm...... Watching sisters fight... How... interesting," she said curiously. Breezebell smiled. "Sounds fun!" she said in complete contrast to Redmoon's words.

Emberblaze:

He skidded to a halt once he heard Breezebell and Redmoon's voice. "Oooh. You missed it! Magicpetal is super muddy, so she scooped some mud off herself and chucked it at Goldenstream! It was hilarious! Now, they're chasing each other and I do not want to miss this sister fight!" he said, over his shoulder, headed towards the lake

Breezebell:

She twisted her ears as she heard laughter and shrieks coming from the forest. Redmoon had already taken off to see what was going on, and Breezebell followed quickly after her. When the were beside the stream they saw and angry Goldenstream chasing a small and fragile Magicpetal "What's going on.....?" Redmoon asked, a slight grin upon her face. Breezebell rolled her eyes. "What did Magicpetal do now?" she asked.

Magicpetal:

She giggled in spite of herself. "Yeah!" she scooped mud off her chest and wings flung it at her sister. The mud ball splattered on Goldenstream's face, neck and chest.

Goldenstream:

She tried to dodge the attack, but it was to late. "AH!!!" she screamed, as the mud ball splattered onto her face. She opened her eyes and said "Ooooh, it's on now. You gone messed with the wrong sister." she said, glaring at Magicpetal. She wiped some of the mud away from her eyes and galloped towards her.

Magicpetal:

"BOO-YAH!! Nailed it!" she said, dancing around, but then shrieked and ran towards the lake as Goldenstream charged after her.

Emberblaze: He nickered with pleasure and called after the two. "GET HER GOLDENSTREAM!!! GET HERRRR!!!!!" and he canters into the woods after them.

(In case you didn't see it, this is what Flamefrost said, Dragon,

Ashbrook eventually made it to Flame Herd's territory, less than two hours before sunset. At least, she assumed that because of her home in the western jungle, but realized that the sun would set earlier further east. She dispelled that thought and coasted through the desert air, searching for the main mass of Flame Herd. She landed among a small group that were huddled close to a bay mare with dark blue wings. Ashbrook noted that this was an unusual coat and wing color among desert steeds, but she didn't worry about it. She turned her attention to a familiar mare. "Cherrycloud?")

Silverflame:

After his group broke up, he had gone to checked in with Pearlsong and Shadowstar, and had lost track of Goldenstream. He now was scanning the crowd of yearlings for her, but didn't see the chestnut filly. Finally, he spotted Horizongold trotting over to a stream, and a second later he saw Goldenstream, Emberblaze, and a lump of mud standing in the stream bed. Silverflame quickly followed Horizongold, and arrived at his the group of friends, just as the silver dapple stallion asked Magicpetal, "That was you?"

"That is quite a bit of mud you got there." nickered Silverflame.

Magicpetal:

She grinned back, her teeth and eyes the only bright part on her body. "Yep! That was me." she said, blushing, glad that the mud would hide her roses cheeks.

Horizongold was looking around for Magicpetal. After a few minutes of searching, he saw the mud-covered pegasus from the training standing with two other pegasi that Horizongold realized were Goldenstream and Emberblaze. When the muddy steed rubbed off some mud from their wing, Horizongold saw aqua and realized the muddy steed was Magicpetal. "Figures," he muttered to himself. "What she doesn't have in size, she makes up for in ingenuity and brainpower."

He trotted after the trio, which had started moving. He realized they were headed to the pond, presumably to wash off the mud. He grinned at Magicpetal as they broke through the trees near the apple orchard. "That was you?"

Magicpetal: She stretched her neck to see over the wings and backs of the steeds who were breaking away from their training groups. She looked for the familiar colors of her brother and sister and soon saw them walking side by side, heads low, looking just as tired as the others.

She waved her brown, muddy wing at them.

Goldenstream: She looked up and saw a small mud-ball waving her and Emberblaze over. She shrugged and the two walked towards it. As they got closer they began to see the distinguishing features of their little sister, but they couldn't't be sure, since it was covered with mud.

Emberblaze: He held back a nicker. "Magicpetal? Is that you?" he asked, dipping his head to the figure

Magicpetal: She smiled and nodded. "Yeah...it's me." she said, wiping some of the mud off her wing to show her bright aqua coloration.

Goldenstream: "Woah! What happened?" she asked, wiping some mud off Magicpetal's face, like a mother would wipe a chocolate stain off her child's cheek.

Magicpetal: "Uh...we played Horizongold's version of hide and seek....I must've got a little carried away with the hiding part...hehe..." she said, starting to walk towards the river.

Goldenstream and Emberblaze: They both burst out laughing and followed behind their mud-covered sister to the lake.

Ashbrook eventually made it to Flame Herd's territory, less than two hours before sunset. At least, she assumed that because of her home in the western jungle, but realized that the sun would set earlier further east. She dispelled that thought and coasted through the desert air, searching for the main mass of Flame Herd. She landed among a small group that were huddled close to a bay mare with dark blue wings. Ashbrook noted that this was an unusual coat and wing color among desert steeds, but she didn't worry about it. She turned her attention to a familiar mare. "Cherrycloud?"

( XDDD )

Canyongold:

The blue roan filly trotted on a path through the woods after spy training. She had retrieved a stick but on her 3rd try. She sighed angrily with herself and snorted in aniexity. She finally came to a small pond deep into the woods. She knew the short story of this place. It was where Crimsonstorm's last memories were. It sounded very sad from what she had heard, but she kenw that might not be true. She shrugged idly and watched the fish move in the water, mezmorized.

(Wispi, have you thought of anything for the Brightsummer colt?! AH!! IM SO EXCITED!!!)

Moonstream forced herself not to smile. This was going better for her then the council mare knew.

(aww)

(gtg :(

Briarcloud-

The council mare noted that Moonstream had gone completely still, witch meant that the young spy was afraid of giving something away. "Even you not moving tells me things." Briarcloud murmured.

At her words, Moonstream decided never to move again. So she kept her same position with absolutely no change to her emotionless face.

Briarcloud-

"You may think your being a good spy right now, " whispered Briarcloud, "But every move you make is giving more and more away."

Moonstream went back to rock mode, completely freezing this time, not just her face. She had held this position for an entire day before. She could do it now.

Robincloud:

She watched the mare whisper to Moonstream, but couldn't catch the words, and was surprised to see a reaction. Hollywing grinned. "So you're not a rock?" he whispered to himself. Robincloud rolled her eyes and nudged Hollywing, bringing him back to his senses. He cleared his throat, "Er, sorry," he said.

Moonstream snorted, but had no other reaction to Briarcloud’s words.

Briarcloud:

Briarcloud's eyes glistened when Shadowfire stepped back and suggested that she give it a try. She took one step closer to the young yearling, leaned in close, and said in a voice so quite that only Moonstream could hear, "I know you care about those steeds. I heard your heart beat speed up when Shadowfire brought them here."

Magicpetal:

Her tactic had worked. She got a stick on her first try and she was about to try it again, but Horizongold called them over. Her coat still had mud caked to her and no matter how hard she shook, it wouldn't come off. "I'll just rinse it off in the river." she mumbled to herself and trotted over to him. Once he was finished with his comment, she went over toward the middle of the clearing and looked for his sister and brother. Although, she looked like a totally different pegasus, they could easily tell it's her from her small size. She was still one of the smallest yearlings in the clearing, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to recognize her for her size.

(Uhh...ok..I think I caught up now... hehe)

(EEP O^O)

(O-O)

Hollywing:

The stallion stared at Moonstream, not blinking at all, ears perked and eyes questioning. He did this too many steeds, but ti was out of habit. He never broke his gaze from something important. He stared disbelievingly at Moonstream. He didn't believe what anything she said was true, and he surely didn't believe her hardened expression. "Moonstream, my dear, you seem as emotionless as a rock. Would you like to be a rock?" he asked randomly. Robincloud glanced at him worriedly. He tended to ask weird questions when something weird was going on in his mind.

Breezebell:

She kept scanning the ground from the ground for Twigstrike, but knew she wouldn't be able to see him from the ground. She sighed. and kicked the dirt up from beneath her with her front right hoof. She didn't want to fly because of her clumsiness, and much attention would be attracted to a weird figure in the sky twisting every which way.

Shadowfire was seething with disappointment that the tactic didn't work. He forced an air of nonchalant confidence and said, "Well, you may be interested to know that they have been quite forthcoming with information on Flame Herd, so we may not need you to provide more. You know them, I can tell." A little later, he gave up and waved a wing towards Briarcloud. "I hear you're better at this than I am. Be my guest."

Moonstream gasped when she saw the two steeds. They hadn’t come back from some sort of mission Moonstream hadn’t been informed of, and some of the Flame Herd spies said that they had been kept in Glacier Herd territory. These two were like an aunt and uncle to her. She held herself back from rushing over and asking if they were all right. Instead, she calmed herself and hardened her features into emotionlessness again, saying to Shadowfire, “Why do you bring them before me? To bribe information out of me? You realize I don’t care what happens to them, right?” She looked at her friends and blinked in an intricate pattern to them as Brightwing had to her. This was a secret code only a few knew. She assured them she had missed them dearly, and wanted to have a talk with them later when the interrogation was over, then she looked away again as if nothing had happened.

(Thanks!)

(sure:

the bottom of: http://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/alternative-ending-rp-part-18%3Fpage%3D8

http://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/alternative-ending-rp-part-19

http://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/alternative-ending-rp-part-20 )

(Can you post the link for the correct part? I absolutely can’t find it, and it would be a big help if you could.)

(The explanation starts on page eight of part 18 and ends at some point in part 20.)

(Oh! hold on, I'll go back through the parts until I find which one it is.)

(And they are...? I missed that part. I know they’re probably from Flame Herd, but my knowledge of them ends there.)

"Well. Moving on to more important matters. When is Flame Herd planning to attack, if they are planning to do so?" Shadowfire cocked his ears as if respecting a response, but Moonstream had been trained well. She didn't say anything and seemed to have no intentions of doing so- likely because she didn't. Shadowfire came up with a new plan. "Excuse me a moment," he said to the council, then grinned. "No, I don't hear any more spies in the bushes. I'm going to fetch that couple from the skirmish." He said this so that hopefully Moonstream wouldn't know what he was talking about, and it worked. When he came back with Blazebreeze and the even-more-pregnant Emeraldflame, she gasped. "Recognize them?" he said pointedly.

Moonstream could see what Shadowfire was trying to do, and it worked for a split second, but only a split second. She completely pushed Shadowstar out of her mind, barring the way back in with thoughts of how proud Gingerblaze would be when she came home having given up nothing and having gotten more information from a questioning then the questioners had.

(Shadowfire, not Bronzewing)

Shadowfire snorted. "Yes, I know who his parents are. I also know that when you aren't busy trying to shield your feelings from us, you look at him with your eyes as wide as the moon you're named for. He's more important to you than his status as the foal of Glacier Herd's leading pair. Remember that when we move on to other questions." He muttered, quietly enough that Moonstream couldn't hear him, in an aside to Mistcloud, "I'm not threatening Shadowstar. But I can see she's sweet on him and I want that to prey on her mind while questioning her."

Mistcloud:

Mistcloud was slightly concerned when Bronzewing had used her son as means to get what he wanted, but she didn't want to interfere

Moonstream’s face was completely emotionless as she said, “Shadowstar is the son of Moonsing and Mistcloud, is he not? I care about his status as the foal of two important leaders. Where does this question come from?”

Shadowfire had steeled his face as well, but inwardly he was whispering to himself, "Tough nut to crack." Then he asked it again. "I asked you a question. How do you feel about Shadowstar?" He was trying to crank up the embarrassment so that she would feel obliged to talk, but it didn't seem to be working.

Moonstream was inwardly extremely surprised and embarrassed by this question, but she’d already hardened her face, not even twitching in the slightest.

(Hmph. No useful answers yet, huh? If they are going to be revealed, when will that be?))

Shadowfire spoke up on an unexpected note. He knew how infuriatingly uninformative captured spies could be, so he wanted to catch Moonstream off guard. "How do you feel about Shadowstar?" he demanded.

Moonstream snickered, amused. Obviously Breezecloud didn’t know how emotionless she could make her face so that questioners couldn’t guess by her facial reaction what their answer was.

(OOH I have a guess!! But I almost don't want to know if it's right because it would spoil the surprise.)

(No, he’s not siding with Cherrycloud. You’ll see...

Oh, and I think I’ll be sticking with this role after all. It was SOOOO hard deciding which one was the most interesting. They’re all so amazing.)

( XD. That's understandable. )

(I meant Brightwing, sorry, I keep getting confused by all the over-stallions)

( Moonwing went on secret missions all the time? Or are you talking about Brightwing? Because in the last coment you did Dragon you said Moonwing ;-; )

(idk, but it would explain him going off on 'secret' missions all the time)

(Uhh, do you mean Brightwing?)

Breezecloud saw the significant look pass between Moonstream and Brightwing. She wanted to speak up to ask about it, but restrained herself. Instead she resolved to ask Brightwing about it later, in private. "Well," she said instead. "Even though we might not get answers, should we start the questioning?" She looked at Briarcloud as she said this.

( What?! Why would Moonwing side with Cherrycloud? )

(Is Moonwing siding with Cherrycloud?)

( OOOOO WHAT IS IT?!?!??! :D I PROMISE I WON'T TELL THE COUNCIL!!!!!! x zips lips and opens ears x )

Hollywing:

He sighed heavily. "Moonstream, do you know why I have come here today? To Glacier Herd?" he asked quietly. Robincloud glanced at him, confused, but he only coughed in return.

(I think I’ll stick with this role)

Moonstream ignored the pleas for her to talk, even after the threat of being forced. She shut her mouth tighter when Briarcloud began speaking. She knew about Briarcloud. This former lead mare was the master of getting spies to talk. Moonstream prayed that she would be able to keep her information and mission specifics a secret. She glanced briefly at Brightwing again, and looked away in an airy I Don’t Really Care About You Pegasi way.

Brightwing met the filly’s eyes, and blinked an intricate pattern before she looked away casually. He hated keeping secrets, but when he did, it didn’t even seem like he had one unless he told you. He murmured to Starsummer. “She’s just a foal. Even if she is supposedly a spy for the enemy, she hasn’t actually agreed that she is from Flame Herd. Perhaps that’s what she wants us to assume.” Brightwing needed this filly to be freed as soon as possible. It was very, very important.

(Yes, Brightwing and Moonstream share a very, very big super classified secret.)

Breezebell:

She let out her breath, dipped her head in respect to Horizongold and Oceangold, and galloped away into the clearing. She flew into the air clumsily, but succeeded in landing and telling Forestbeam and Redmoon all about the techniques. Then she looked around for Twigstrike.

Sparkcream:

The filly looked questioningly at a white stallion named Snowfrost. She flopped her ears, not used to the cold and shivered.

( Okay bye! :( )

Horizongold nodded respectfully to the trainees as they came up to meet him. "Well done for the first time doing this. I'm glad you all caught on so quickly. Tomorrow is another off day of training, but the day after we will be doing this again. I recommend practicing your techniques, because when this happens in real life there will be no second chances. If you're caught, you're caught; and that's it. So the next time we do this, I don't want any of you to be caught twice. If you're caught once, that's okay, just try again. I'll let it slide this early in the training. But if you're caught on the first try, don't make haste in trying a second time. Slowly works better. Now, you're dismissed."

(gtg to bed)