//------------------------------// // The stalker // Story: The Adventures End? // by Dragon Shimmer //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash just finished her work on the weather team. The captain of the weather team admires her work as he wants to keep this mare along with his team but he knows that the cyan mare won't be here. He has to find another one who can really replace her. Rainbow Dash flies to the captain and asks, "What's wrong, captain? You don't seem well today." "Nothing," The captain denies, "You can go home now because that's all the work. Good work as always." Rainbow Dash glees, "Thanks, Captain." Then she flies away. The captain sighs as he doesn't know who can replace her, but he must keep finding the new one that can replace her. Rainbow Dash flies to Fluttershy's cottage. When she is just coming there, the cottage is quite empty. Rainbow Dash flies around to see the yellow pegasus. She even knocks on some trees to see if her friend is disguising it as a tree, again, but she doesn't find any. The cyan pegasus is feeling weird because, at this time, Fluttershy must feed her animal. Rainbow decides to knock on the door to see if her friend is inside. Knock one, no response, knock two, no response. The cyan pegasus takes a peek through the window and sees her friend's tail is next to the bed. Rainbow grumbles at this. She decides to knock on the door again and yells, "Fluttershy, I know you are in there, come out there and tell me what happens." Still no response. Rainbow is about to give up but she sees the orange dragon walking on the street. Rainbow grins and flies to the orange dragon. Sunset sees the cyan pegasus and tilts her head in confusion. Rainbow asks, "Hey, can you help me with something?" "Sure, what is it?" Rainbow Dash points at the cottage, "Fluttershy is under the bed again, I know only you can drag her out of that cottage." "Oh, something happened to her?" Sunset tilts her head, "I hope that she is fine," "I don't know," Rainbow Dash whines, "I can't get her off." "Oh, I see." Sunset walks to the cottage, "Then I will help you this time." Rainbow smiles and she follows the dragon to the cottage. When they arrive at the yellow pegasus's house, the house is empty as expected. Sunset knocks on the door, no response, "Come on Fluttershy, we don't have time to play hide and seek." still no response. Sunset looks at the cyan pegasus, "Is she really at home?" "Yes, I saw her tail under that bed," Rainbow retorts, "Fluttershy doesn't have any fake tail." "I see." Sunset rubs her chin, "Oh hi bunny, how are you today? I hope you enjoy being my meal." Rainbow Dash doesn't know what she is doing but she hears something loud inside. After that, a yellow pegasus slams the door and goes outside the cottage. She breathes heavily and looks around, "Where? Where is the bunny?" "Gotcha," Sunset stands in front of her, making the yellow pegasus hide behind the cyan one, "Don't do that again, or else your house will be burnt next time." "I...I won't do that again," Fluttershy is shaking, "Please don't burn my house." Rainbow admires the dragon, "Wow, you can pull her out like that. I can't believe it." "Nah, that's just easy like eating a cake," Sunset sighs, "Anyway, what's wrong with you, Butterfly? We are worried about you," "I...I can't tell," Fluttershy tries to retort but when she sees a fireball on Sunset's claw, she freaks out, "Okay... okay, I will talk. But not here." Rainbow Dash and Sunset look at each other and nod as they go inside her cottage. Sunset and Rainbow Dash sit down on the sofa. Fluttershy comes out and puts the cup of tea on the table. Sunset takes and drinks it while Rainbow just lies on the sofa. The yellow pegasus sits on the chair and sighs. Rainbow Dash says, "Come on, Fluttershy. You have to tell us what happens." Fluttershy nods and she starts telling the story. A few days ago, someone was following her, make the yellow pegasus couldn't feeling alright. The stalker seemed to stalk her for 24 hours. Yesterday, Fluttershy saw the flash of the camera in the window. The pegasus went outside immediately but saw no one. She felt scared until today. She didn't want to go outside. Rainbow Dash is angry while Sunset drinks the tea calmy. The blue pegasus just glares at her calm attitude and yells, "Come on Sunny, Fluttershy is being stalked out there and you are just drinking the tea." Sunset puts the cup down, "Really, there is no use going aggressive here. I bet that he or she is going to bring some bag and claim the reward." "Reward?" Rainbow tilts her head, "What do you mean?" Sunset points at Fluttershy and the blue pegasus knows what the dragon means, she says, "Ah, so the reward is Fluttershy. Wait, what?" Rainbow slams the table while Fluttershy is shaking when thinking about being taken. Rainbow yells at the orange dragon, "Hey, my friend is not a reward." "Not my reward," Sunset just looks at Rainbow, "But his or her reward. Think about this, at first the stalker just only stalked her for fun. Now the stalker took the picture out. Do you think the stalker will do next?" Rainbow retorts, "Well, maybe other pictures?" Sunset sighs, "Fine. You, Dashie, prepare things tonight. I will talk with Twilight and Spike about this thing." Rainbow nods and she quickly flies out of the cottage. Sunset stands up and is about to leave but she hears the yellow pegasus say, "Thank you," quietly. Sunset walks out and huffs. Sunset comes back to the library with many thinking about tonight. When she just comes inside the library, Twilight rushes into the orange dragon, making her fall to the ground. The purple unicorn bounces on her belly, "I did it, I did it. I finally did it." Sunset takes the purple dragon and puts her down on the ground, "DId what?" The orange dragon tilts her head, "Celestia give you a gift?" "No," Spike answers, "Just Twilight can shape a thing by her spell without a horn." "Oh, you two can finally cast the spell." Sunset sits down on the sofa, "Show me." Twilight and Spike start concentrating on the elemental ball, Spike is shaping a bird while Twilight is shaping something that causes Sunset to not feel good. After a while, Twilight has shaped like an ice book, making Sunset laugh out loud. Twilight glares at her and throws the ice book at her. Sunset simply kicks it out the window. Twilight retorts, "Don't be like that, I have trained to shape like that." "Honestly," Sunset points at the ice book outside and shapes a card, "A card is even better than a book. What can you do with a book? Smash them?" Sunset continues to laugh, "Oh my stomach, it hurts." Twilight's face is red in anger while Sunset keeps laughing. Twilight forms another ice book and smashes the dragon's head with it. Sunset feels the smash and it's hurt. Twilight huffs and sits next to the purple dragon and hugs him. Sunset rubs her head while she feels dizzy from the smash. Spike giggles, "Come on, you don't have to make Twilight angry like that. Applebloom just helps her to realize what to do with her magic." "Huh, that filly?" Sunset stands up and shakes her head "Well, Applebloom asks Twilight about magic to have a cutie mark," Spike answers, making Sunset roll her eye. "Okay... anyway, Fluttershy has trouble," Sunset starts to say and the purple duo takes notice of the orange dragon. "Well, Fluttershy said that there was a stalker trying to stalk her. He or she even took the picture." "Wow," Spike rubs her head, "That's harsh. So you are going to ask me if we join to catch this stalker right?" Sunset nods, "You guess right. Rainbow Dash is going to join us tonight so we should prepare tonight." Twilight and Spike look at each other and go upstairs to prepare. Sunset, Twilight, Spike and Rainbow Dash are in the Town Hall to wait for the night. Rainbow Dash is boring and lies on the sofa while the trio is still looking at the map. "You see, Flutter's cottage has many places to hide, but there are three ways to go inside." Sunset points at one of the ways, "So, any idea." "Set traps on the way in," Spike suggests, "They will be effective when the stalker to go inside." Twilight retorts, "What about more than one? We don't know what we can do after they are too much." "Don't worry, Twilight," Spike points at the main road, "We can hide inside the cottage and waiting for them," Sunset closes her eyes while Rainbow Dash just rolls herself on the sofa, she feels bored. Twilight and Spike are trying to find a way to catch this stalker. Sunset stands up, "I take Spike's opinion but in an advanced way." Twilight, Spike and Rainbow are looking at her while Sunset shows them what to do. The night has come. At Fluttershy's cottage near the Everfree forest. Twilight and Spike are currently disguising as a tree near the cottage while Rainbow Dash is sitting lying on the cloud to see all the cottage. Sunset decides to sit outside to see if they can actually catch the stalker or not. The orange dragon said to them that if something is wrong, she will join this one. The purple duo are still waiting for the stalker. They see Fluttershy go inside the cottage, shut the light and close the door and window. After twenty minutes, Twilight sees a unicorn with a bag standing in front of Fluttershy's cottage. The pony looks at it a while then he pulls out the lockpick to open the door. When he just comes inside, he steps on the ice cube and trips on the ground. Fluttershy hears a weird noise but she decides back to sleep. The pony stands up and grunts. He rubs his head and looks around to see if there is another trap or not. When he sees it clearly, he decides to go upstairs but he is feeling that he is pulling the rope. Looking down, he sees the rope is dropping, then a bucket of cement smashes into his head, making him fall down the stairs and making a loud noise. He tries to stand up and needs to be back to kidnap that mare but the light is suddenly on. Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle and Spike are already standing there, each of them has stood in front of each door. The pony doesn't know what to do. "Attack," Spike yells and all of them charge at the pony. The pony gulps and just stands there. Sunset is sitting on the sofa and reading the book peacefully, she doesn't need anything to solve the problem and decides to let them arrest the stalker. The library doors open and the purple duo is walking inside. They feel so happy because they finally can catch the stalker. Sunset asks, "Is that a success?" Twilight nods, "Yes, We have arrested that pony and kicked him to the guard station. You shouldn't know how loud he screams that time," Spike adds, "And I make the traps to make sure that he can't do anything. I don't know if it is effective." Sunset giggles, "See Twilight, you don't need magic to catch the thief. All you do is have a brain, that's all." Twilight blushes as Sunset continues, "Anyway, you know what is that pony name? Spike rubs his head, "His name is weird though. When the guard captain threatened to spill out the name, he said his name is Alex." Sunset rubs her ear, "Eh... who the hell name a pony is Alex? Such a silly name in this world." The purple duo nods in agreement. Sunset points at the stairs, "I need to take a bath too. Tomorrow we will start a new lesson." Sunset goes upstairs and takes a bath. This day is just a normal day.