Dash landed on top of a small slab of granite and filled up her lungs, "Glare Wing!!!" Her voice echoed almost without end.
Dash had stopped going from peak to peak and had descended to the valleys between, reasoning that he would more likely be down here. She rubbed her chin and pondered where this elusive griffon could be.
"There's no point calling to him, Miss Dash," Swiftsure said as she landed beside her. "He doses not respond to them." She was a little out of breath but smiled at her, "You know, when Princess Twilight told me you were fast, I didn't imagine that you would give me this much of a run for my money."
She grinned, "Well they don't call me Rainbow DASH for nothing." The two shared a chuckle before Swiftsure looked around and asked where Fluttershy was. Dash looked all around, only now realizing her absence, "Where'd she disappear to," -She turned back to Swiftsure- "You didn't pass at all?" Swiftsure shook her head. Dash face hoofed, "Well great, now we have two to look for."
It was at that moment that the rock beneath her hooves began to move. It moved gently at first but it quickly jolted and bucked. "Wow and now an earthquake!"
Swiftsure took a step back and looked at her perch, "No, Miss Dash. It just that slab your on." Dash jumped up and hovered beside the Hippogriff and they both watched it. The rock jostled about until it lifted up and a hoof emerged from underneath.
"There's a pony under there!" Dash Exclaimed, as she and Swiftsure shot over to the slab. Between the two of them and the pony below, they managed to flip the rock over and exposed the hole beneath. Dash then helped the pony out, a male unicorn
"Thank you, young one." His speech was jittery and his eye kept twitching, still adjusting to the light. Dash eyed him up and down, noting his cream coat and black mane were filthy and covered in cuts, nicks, and cobwebs. "How long have you been down there?"
"Way too long," He chuckled. This quickly turned into a full-blown laugh. Dash looked at him with concern before noticing that Swiftsure was slowly backing away. Her face filled with dread. "It's Him!!" Dash mouthed 'What?' at her.
"It's him, Shining Dawn."
Dash's ears dropped and she turned back to see him staring both of them down with what she could only describe as the eyes of an unhinged mind. "Now then, young ones," He giggled unsettlingly. "Where is my star?"
Then his horn began to glow.