The darkness was overwhelming, the trees hovering in terror. It is all a big shock to me. Thinking that she would banish me rather than kill me was the last thing on my mind. I thought a bit about what the laws were, and I don’t remember anything saying she could banish without good cause. I sat there thinking for about half an hour. I then remember Fluttershy and her overwhelming kindness, so I of course start towards her home. The trees loom over me in absolute terror and the dark animals glaring. Every rustle, every sound, I flinched for fear of being killed. That was when I noticed the soft shouting from behind me.
“Rainbow!” Softly called the familiar voice, “Rainbow! Oh please, please come here!”
I immediately recognised the soft voice. I started galloping towards it, and finally I reached her. She had her saddlebags on, and her pastel pink mane was filled with twigs and was spotted with mud. She was shaking, uncontrollably and her sea blue-green eyes were filled to the brim with fear. She started bawling as soon as I reached her.
“Fluttershy! What’s wrong?!” I stammered out, secretly wishing it wasn’t what I had previously thought it might have been. And slowly, but surely, she was able to explain the issue. I apparently was forever banned from Equestria. And all who supported me were too. She quietly moved from the crowd gathered in Ponyville, to find me here in the forest. She brought me food and cover, for the cool nights ahead of me. She had to be the sweetest pony to ever live in Equestria.
Dusk sank in quickly, so she had to run off to her own warm home. I know she would have invited me, however, Canterlot’s official guard dogs are going around, sniffing around for my presence. Which of course is terrible luck for me. But I do have to admit, it is a better punishment than what Princess Luna, Celestia’s own sister, had received. Sent to the moon? I wonder what she was doing for the thousand years she was there. Then it had struck me. I could be the rebel informer of Equestria. Tell them the truth of the me, and who Celestia really is! But... How could I do this if I am forced to live out my life in solitude? I gave that one up quicker than you could say ‘Spitfire’.
Before Flutter left, she warned me, “Rainbow, if they find you anywhere near Ponyville, your wings will be...” she quickly got quieter, afraid. Tears appeared again, “They will take.. you.. your wings.. from you...” she was sobbing again, but before I could again comfort her, she galloped off.
I started thinking about what she said. Could anypony even catch me? I am one of the fastest ponies in all of Equestria, even at my young age. I am the only one to ever complete a Sonic Rainboom. But I wouldn’t be able to hide myself very easily, as my trail of rainbow follows close behind me when I fly more than 20 miles per hour
I curled up under one of the trees that wasn’t that scary, and threw the small, but comforting, blanket Fluttershy brought me over me. I looked up to the night sky, hoping, wishing for somepony to help or save me. For this to at least be a terrible dream, brought on by the Nightmare Dream. But soon, I drifted into a slow, uneasy sleep.
The morning heat woke me quickly. I had no clue what the time was, and the tree foliage was far too thick to see where the sun was positioned. I lethargically stumbled across the dry, forest floor, trying to wake myself up. I realized I needed to get to a water source soon. Or I would dehydrate. I started off in a random direction, hoping it would be the right one.
The humidity weighed me down greatly. It was even hard to fly. The tree cover did nothing to tame the heat, and I started to wonder if the sun was right above me. I soon started hearing the sound of trickling water. I was exhausted, and very thirsty, from the long walk. But that was now behind me. I need to focus on the fact that I am dehydrated from the terrible heat. I quickly picked up my pace towards the noise.
Within moments I wound my way to the trickling noise. It soon grew into a roaring mess of a river. I emerged from the forest to be blinded by the shining rays of dense sunlight. I was shimmering from the sweat beads that soaked my rainbow mane. My eyes started gleaming brightly, lighting up my body. I galloped towards the water as fast as I could. And I was about to jump in, when a frantic shout came from behind me.
“Oh dear!” Said the recognisably flamboyant voice, “Don’t you do that rainbow girl! That water is terribly polluted right now!” The purple water dragon sleepily peeped out from behind the shady trees. His bright orange moustache was grown back, and Rarity’s tail was of course missing from the mix. Of course this type of thing would come up right now. As I am about to drink the water, its poisoned.
“Why is it like this? W-who did it?!” I thirstily mumbled out. I looked into the eyes of the purple dragon. Why did all this have to happen now? And did he have to be the one to tell me this madness? But of course, why wouldn’t he? Life put him there as another possible obstacle. He quickly stumbled out a mixed answer.
“Well... Um.. upstream there happened to be another dragon who... happened to be mixing a special potion for a special pony down in Ponyville. This pony happened to drop it all into the water before she could canter back off into the town.” He sighed and looked down at me, you could tell it was killing him, quite literally. “I wish she wouldn’t have done this, this heat is absolutely killing me,” He rolled his eyes and lied back down in the shade. His eyes found themselves shut in a few minutes. I decided to walk a bit into the forest and dig up a bit of dirt and lie in it for coolness.
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I dropped down on the warm dirt, and started rolling around to cool myself off. It was way too hot. I started thinking about Rarity, and what she would think if she found out about me lying in the dirt. “Mother of Celestia, Rainbow! Why are you even doing that?! Its so... Gross!” I laughed a little at the thought, and rolled over. As I did this I saw something peculiar, or familiar. Sweet Apple Acres.