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// Crag Cave? Or labyrinth? 
// Story: A Gifted Pony, with a Life-Changing secret. 
// by StarShooter174 
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	Berry Twist was working around her library, for some reason not even one pony had come to the library though. She decided to go find Night Band, she's the nighttime DJ, and one of Twist's friends. As Twist walked through the streets it seemed that every pony was talking about the same thing, but the only words she caught was race, trapped, pegasus, and, Cave. She began wondering what those four words had in common. She that pegasi raced each other all the time, but what about the words trapped, and Cave? She ran the rest of the way to Night's house, what if she knew what it was about? She soon arrived at her friend's house and knocked on the door. "I'll be there in a sec!" Night called. Not too long after, the grey mare opened the door."Oh, hey Twist! Do you need something?" Night asked as she let Twist inside."Yes, every pony is talking about the same thing. The only words I caught though were race, trapped, pegasus, and, Cave. Do you know anything about it?" Night took a few minutes to think. "I know that pegasi will race each other at Crag Cave... Maybe a pegasus lost their way and got trapped. I don't really know." There was a few minutes of silence between the two, until Cake Light came in."Do you guys know where Shooter is? I haven't seen her all day, she's not even home." Light stated. Twist and Night looked at each other. "Light," Twist asked,"Do you know if Shooter competed in the race at Crag Cave last night?" Light took awhile to think,"Well, I do know she came by last night and asked if I wanted to watch her in a race, but I said 'No, I made WAY too many cupcakes today...' Then she said she was racing at Crag Cave and left." Twist had an annoyed look on her face,"That would be a simple 'Yes' Light" Then Night and Twist realized what Light had just said. The three friends raced to find their other friends, Flower Wishes, a lavender pegasus with a green mane and tail, and Sapphire Gem.

"So, exactly where are the vermin, Twi?" Applejack said, still confused. Twilight just let out a long sigh."To put it simple, they would be in some sort of giant swamp." Now that her friends understood what been trying to say the last five minutes, they walked out of the inn and headed for the entrance to the city."So Changelings build their 'hives' in giant swamps?" Rarity asked with a disgusted look."Yes, they do," Twilight answered. "Who cares where they live! They'd still be evil if they lived in a giant candy cane!" Rainbow Dash said flatly. "Ooh! What flavor?" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. Rainbow stared at her with a blank expression in reply. Just then, Twist burst out from another street and successfully stopped before she hit the six ponies, until Light, Night, Flower, and Gem hit her and crashed into them. "Sorry can't stop and talk bye!" She quickly said before dashing off again with her friends close behind. "Something tells me that there's something wrong, Twi," AJ said, looking after the group. "Applejack's right," Fluttershy said quietly,"The first time I saw them there was a light blue pegasus with with them. And there isn't now." Twilight didn't leave any time for her friends to complain,"Then let's see what's wrong," She raced off with her friends close behind.

"Shoot! Which way was it again Gem?" Twist asked impatiently. "Right, straight, and then we should be there!" Gem said quickly as they raced off again, unaware of Twilight and here friends close behind. Soon they came to another cross-road."Straight, right?" Twist didn't wait for an answer and charged ahead. "Every pony stop! We're here." Without hesitating, the five ponies rushed in, but Twilight and her friends stopped at the entrance. Rainbow flew up to the sign and read aloud,"Crag Cave, Pegasus Racing." As Rainbow slowly came back down, they all heard what sound like scraping coming from inside the Cave.

Twist quickly hushed her friends. They all listened quietly, then they heard what sound like rocks grinding against each other."This isn't Crag Cave anymore..." Flower trailed off as the six stared at what would've been the track. Instead there was a large rock wall, it had one opening and from where they stood they could easily tell what it was."It's not a track. It's a giant labyrinth!" Night stated the obvious. Twist turned around to see Twilight and her friends at the entrance, also staring at the labyrinth. "What if... What if Star Shooter... What if she's in there." Light said every pony's fear aloud. After a few minutes of them deciding what to do, they braved the labyrinth and began to enter it. "Wait!" Twist turned around and saw Twilight and her friends coming."You're not going in there are you?" Twilight asked. "We have too." Twist answered, then looked to the rainbow-maned pony who spoke, "Why do you have to? You'll just go in and never come out." At her words, Twist and her friends looked at one another. Then Flower spoke up, "We have to because our friend Star Shooter is in there. And I'd rather die knowing I tried to help rather than not trying at all and feeling guilty." The raw determination in the usually shy pegasus's voice even made her friends jump, and the rainbow-maned one looked surprised at a solid response. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Flower pushed past and trotted in the labyrinth. Her friends followed behind, but every pony had doubts.

Would they ever come out again?