Sky and Rainbow walked through town, trying to find something to do. They had tried the Weather Patrol again, but had practically been ordered to leave. They wandered about, until they saw a strange light-brown pony walking out of an alleyway, his head held high. That is, until he saw Sky. His eyes widened, and he ran back into the alleyway. Sky and Rainbow looked at each other confusedly.
“What was that?” Sky asked.
“I don’t know, but I have a feeling we’re going to find out.” Rainbow smiled.
“But, hey, we have two more days off. What are we going to do?”
“Wait, two days?”
“Well, a wedding day isn’t exactly a day off.”
“Yeah, good point.”
They decided to check on Rarity’s progress with the Bridlemaid dresses. But when they tried to walk in to Rarity’s Boutique, they found the door was locked, and they could hear the sound of a sewing machine being used furiously inside. Sky just shrugged, and they went to walk away, when a large green stallion ran up to them, a terrified look on his face.
“Are you Sky Blue? We need you now! Please, my friend, Rose, there’s something wrong with her!” Sky didn’t even stop moving, she just ran towards the stallion, and as she approached, she said;
“Take me to her!” The stallion turned around, and Sky soon saw the dark yellow pony writhing on the ground. She was clutching her head and yelling.
“Sh-she just fainted, then she started screaming! I don’t know what’s wrong!” Sky ignored the Colt’s terrified babbling, and she put her forehead against the ponies’, stopping her moving with a spell. Sky pushed into her mind, and found that the pony had no mental defenses whatsoever. She was expecting at least something. But this mare had nothing shielding her mind to the outside world, and anything that may cause her psychological harm. Sky just cast a few small healing spells, including any that would heal any mental barriers Rose had. Sky doubted that it would do anything. If something had directly attacked her mind, Rose would at least have something left. But... Sky had read about ponies like Rose, who were so sensitive to the outside world, and how telekinetic blasts could seriously affect them. Sky pulled out of Rose’s mind, and nodded at the stallion, who was sitting nervously on his haunches, hoping it would reassure him.
“What happened?”
“Rose has a condition that I have only ever read about. It is a condition that stops ponies from developing mental barriers, and as such, they are easily affected by mental bursts, and if they are affected by one for too long, they can go into a coma. I’m just glad you got to me in time, or Rose may have been in a coma by now. As it is, Rose will be out for a few hours, tops.” The green colt looked relieved, and managed to get Rose on his back.
“What do I owe you?”
“You are joking, right? I’m not asking for payment. I did what I needed to do. I shouldn’t have to be paid for that.”
The stallion blinked a few times, before nodding slowly and walking away. Rainbow flew around a corner and landed next to Sky.
“What happened there?”
“Oh, Rose was hit by something strong. It’s weird though, because I didn’t feel anything.”
“Never mind, let’s just go and get something to eat, alright?”
“Alright.” The healing Sky had given Rose, while small, had made her hungry, and they headed towards Sugarcube Corner, where they decided to get a small snack, before their dinner later that night. Rarity had arranged it, as a Wedding-Day-Eve-Eve celebration.
Zoom was worried. He had just taken that weird talon out of his saddlebags and that Rose mare had started flailing about. He had no idea what happened. But then Sky Blue had arrived, touched her forehead, pulled away almost immediately and told the colt some nonsense about her having no defenses. She must have been lying. She must have been doing it to look good. It’s the only explanation! Anyone looking closely at Zoom would have seen another black spark in his eyes. I’ll make her pay! Zoom looked to the horizon and saw the sun was going down. He headed back to Sweet Apple Acres, and when he walked in to the kitchen and saw a note from Applejack.
Zoom, I’ve gone out with the girls for a dinner. If you want to come, we’ll be at that weird foreign named place, La Silver Platter or something. I understand if you don’t want to come out. I’ve left an apple pie in the oven for your dinner if you get hungry.
Applejack
Zoom ate the pie in the dark, and then went up to bed, where he fell asleep quickly, thinking about confronting Sky.