The Magic of Reading

by Creative Charmer


The Magic of Reading Part 16

Everyone stared in shock at Sweetie Belle, who was standing two buildings to the left of where Applejack and Pinkie Pie were standing. Sweetie looked angry, and she was holding up another piece of wood with her magic.
"Is that..?" Applejack said in surprise.
"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity exclaimed in shock. "What in Equestria do you think you are doing here??"
"I'm here to help, and I'm not leaving no matter what anypony says!" Everyone just looked in shock at Sweetie Belle, totally speechless. While everyone was stunned at Sweetie's actions, Sweetie looked back up at Cthulhu and squinted her eyes in anger. Cthulhu was the only one not shocked. Instead, he looked quite angry. "Hey, you big dumb monster! Down here!" Sweetie shouted as she waved her left leg around; and when she placed her hoof back down on the ground, she used her magic to throw her piece of wood at Cthulhu, hitting him on the left side of the head again. Cthulhu was getting even angrier now.
"Sweetie Belle, stop!" Twilight shouted. "You can't stop Cthulhu!"
"I'm the one who brought Cthulhu here, and it's my responsibility to send him away!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
"But you can't! You don't how to stop him!"
"..I know more than you think..." Sweetie said in a slightly irate tone, not loud enough for anybody to hear. She then looked up at Cthulhu. "C'mon, you big ugly monster!" she shouted as she jumped up and waved her front legs in the air. "Come and get me!" she then got back down on all fours used her magic to pick up a nearby rock and throw it at Cthulhu's head.
This time, Cthulhu was so angry, that he was going to go after Sweetie Belle now! As he started walking towards her out of the crater, he threw up his left arm, which was holding Rainbow Dash, and he threw her away, as his anger was focused on Sweetie now.
Cthulhu had tossed Rainbow Dash with much force, and she was flying through the air, much too fast to be able to stop herself. Rainbow looked ahead of her, and saw she was heading straight for a building. Rainbow panicked and covered her eyes with her hooves. But then, all of a sudden, Rainbow Dash stopped. She removed her hooves from her face and could see she was only about five inches away from the building she was about to hit. Rainbow looked very confused for a few moments, and she looked around, wondering what made her stop.
"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow turned her head to the right and saw Twilight, Rarity, and Spike running towards her. She also noticed that Twilight's horn was going, as Twilight has used her magic to stop Rainbow Dash before she collided with the building. Twilight then lowered Rainbow Dash to the ground.
"Are you all right?" Rarity asked.
Rainbow still felt a little scared from all that happened, but then she struck a confident expression on her face. "Yeah, I'm fine," she said smugly.
"Are you sure?" Twilight asked, sounding a little worried. "Because you really looked scared when Cthulhu had you," Twilight said.
"And especially when he threw you," Spike added.
"Nahhh," Rainbow said as she moved her hoof in a "no" motion at Twilight, Rarity, and Spike. She also had her eyes closed. "I wouldn't be scared of something as little as that," she said in a less smug way then before. After a few moments of silence, Rainbow opened her left eye and looked at Twilight, Rarity, and Spike, who were all giving Rainbow Dash looks showing that they weren't convinced with what she said. Rainbow's smug expression then disappeared. "Uhh..." she said as she blushed with embarrassment. "Maybe I was a little scared..." she said as she smiled to try and hide her embarrassment. They continued to give Rainbow those unconvinced looks, so Rainbow needed a way to make them think about something else. "...hey! Don't we need to go after Sweetie Belle now?" She exclaimed
Twilight's face instantly changed to a more horrified expression. "Oh my gosh, you're right! We have to stop Sweetie Belle before she gets hurt!" she exclaims as she looks around at the others.
"Oh my goodness!" Rarity said in fright. "I can't believe I forgot about her!"
"Then let's hurry up and go!" Rainbow exclaimed. The others nodded in agreement, and they all ran off to catch up with Sweetie Belle.
While they were all running to the entrance to the road where Sweetie and Cthulhu had run off, they saw Applejack and Pinkie Pie, who were both running to the same location. "Pinkie Pie! Applejack!" Twilight called out to them. Everyone then arrived at the road entrance. "Are you both okay?"
"Yeah, we're both fine," Applejack replied, sounding a bit tired.
"We saw the whole thing!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "It was totally crazy-nutso!" she exclaimed as she stretched her front legs in the air, but then she fell backwards onto the ground.
After watching Pinkie fall down, Applejack turned her head towards Rainbow Dash. "Are yah okay, Rainbow?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Rainbow replied. "But right now we have to go after Cthulhu!
"And we have to rescue my dear Sweetie Belle, too!" Rarity added in a fearful tone.
"Then let us make haste!" Twilight exclaimed. Everyone then started running down the road after Sweetie and Cthulhu. But after only running a few feet, Apple Bloom suddenly runs out in front of everyone.
"Stop!!" Apple Bloom shouted, making everyone stop in their tracks.
"Apple Bloom??" Applejack said in confusion and surprise. "What in the hay are yah doin' here??"
"Me and the other Crusaders wanted to help fix what we caused, even if none of yah think we can!" she exclaimed in a slightly angry tone.
"Apple Bloom, this is serious!" Twilight exclaimed. "Sweetie belle's in trouble, and we have to stop her before she gets hurt!"
"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash interjected. "We don't have time to mess around!"
"Ah'm not messin' around!" Apple Bloom shouted angrily. "Ah'm here to keep yah'll from gettin' in the way of our plan!"
"Plan?" everyone asked in surprise.
"What plan?" Applejack asked, perplexed.
"The plan me, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo came up with! We're gonna send that monster back where he came from!"
The other ponies and Spike exchanged looks on confusion. with each other.
"What in the hay are you talkin' 'bout, Apple Bloom?" Applejack asked in confusion.
"Well, yah see, me, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom were tryin' to figure out how we could stop Cthulhu. After watchin' him chase Rainbow Dash around, Sweetie got the idea to check the spellbook to see if it had the answer, so she got the book out of her saddlebag and checked the page with the spell we used to bring him out with. That's when we found that there was a reversal spell in the book!"
"A reversal spell??" Twilight said in surprise.
"Yeah!" Apple Bloom replied. "When we found that spell, we started coming up with a pla—"
"If there's a reversal spell," Twilight interjected, cutting Apple Bloom off as she talked to the others. "Then I'll be able to use it on Cthulhu!"
Apple Bloom looked a bit surprised at Twilight's interruption, but then she tried finishing what she was saying. "Hey, ah'm tryin' to tell you 'bout—"
"That's a great idea, Twilight!" Applejack said.
"It's super-great!" Pinkie added.
"Well, I'm going to need to know the spell in order to enact my 'great' idea."
Apple Bloom still tried to finish what she was saying. "But ah—"
"Oh you're absolutely right, Twilight," Rarity responded. "We simply must get the book before Sweetie Belle gets hurt or causes more damage to the town," Apple Bloom looked pretty mad at Rarity for saying that. Rarity then turned her head towards Apple Bloom. "Apple Bloom, would you be so kind as to provide the spellbook to us?"
"Ah don't have the spellbook!" she shouted irately.
Rarity and the others gasped. "Why in Equestria do you not have it??" Rarity asked in fright.
"Ah was tryin' to tell you; me, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle already came up with a plan, which is why Sweetie Belle had Cthulhu chase her. Once she gets the book from Scootaloo, she's goin' to do the spell herself."
"Oh my stars!!" Rarity exclaimed in horror. "Sweetie Belle can't possibly get that spell to work right by herself!"
"She will to!" Apple Bloom exclaimed with anger. "She's better than yah think if yah'll would just give her a chance!"
"That's not a chance we're willing to take," Twilight said. "Come on, everyone! We can't waste any more time!" Twilight and the others then ran past Apple Bloom and down the road after Cthulhu and Sweetie Belle.
Apple Bloom looked distressed by their actions. "Ah hope Sweetie and Scootaloo will be able to do our plan before the others get there," she said to herself in a slightly saddened way.