Celestia ran as if she had a pack of timberwolves on her tail. She ran straight forth until no longer could her legs keep up. She fell down beside an overturned tree to regain her normal breathing. “I need to find The Elders. I can’t be getting caught up in my own interests.” She looked around. In her frenzy she lost all sense of her direction and looked around in hopes of glimpsing some kind of indication as to which way she might be facing. The clouds hid the moon from sight and Celestia let out a sigh of frustration.
“This way appears to be darker than any other direction. Might as well go this way.”
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“Alright, I’d like to stop this story here for a minute. I have something really important to say.”
“What’s that, Soarin?”
“Pinkie Pie, I need you to go and bring us some muffins. And some pie! I love pie.”
“Really, Soarin? That is what was so important to interrupt your story?”
“Yes, Dashie. Pie is always important!”
“Call me Dashie one more time and I’ll make sure you can’t eat pie for a week!”
“Ponies! Can we please just get back to the story?!”
“Yes, I w-would love for you to continue, Soarin. That is um, if you don’t mind.”
“Ah reckon we could be getting’ back to the story now.”
“Fine, but I’m still having my muffin. Now where was I?”
“You were just telling us about Princess Celestia lost in that uncouth forest, darling.”
“Ah yes, I knew that.”
“Yeah, sure you did…”
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Well now, Celestia walked on in the near darkness. The trees grew more densely in this area of the woods. Celestia found that she needed to fit her way through some small openings and climb over thick intertwined roots. At one point she came up to the bottom of a cliff and had to shuffle along a narrow ledge that lead up to the top – the trees being too dense to allow her to fly.
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“Sorry to interrupt once again. Pinkie, where is that pie?”
“I have nooo idea!”
“Uggh! I swear, Soarin, if you don’t get a move on this story then you’re not getting my gift to you!”
“Calm down Da-I mean Rainbow Dash. This part of the story isn’t nearly as exciting as the rest. Celestia finds herself lost in the forest bla bla where is my pie?”
“SOARIN! TELL THE STORY RIGHT!”
“Okay, okay.”
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When she reached the top of the cliff, she attempted to gaze off across the forest. Regrettably, her vision only traveled about fifty hooves through the passing snow. She was able to just make out a red glow coming out through a small clearing just to the left and down the other side of the cliff. She tried to focus on the spot but the storm was just too harsh. The red glow grew larger and brighter. It lit up through the trees and reflected down off the clouds above. Celestia was astonished and quickly hurried off to go find out what was causing the radiance.