Rainbow Dash... where have I heard that name before? Was she an old friend from flight school? Were we enemies? I can't remember.
"You okay, Violet? You've been staring out that window for fifteen minutes."
I was jerked back to reality when I heard Twilight's voice. "Yes, Twilight. It's just that I feel like I know Rainbow Dash from a long time ago, and I can't remember."
"Don't worry, we'll find her. If she's not in Cloudsdale, she may be in the outskirts of Ponyville."
"Why would she be in the outskirts of Ponyville?"
"I don't know, she likes to hang out there a lot. I'm not quite sure why."
"Well, we'll have to find her then now don't we."
"Yes, and soon, before it's too late."
"I'll gather the other pegasi and search Cloudsdale. You and the others can search around the rest of Ponyville."
"Agreed."
The sun was setting behind the mountains, showing an outline of Canterlot. This reminded me of what Princess Luna had told me.
"Twilight? There's something I should have told you. It's about the other night when I told you about what happened."
"Sure, Violet, anything." We looked concerned.
I took a breath to clear my thoughts. "Well, I told you I couldn't sleep, but, it was actually because of what I dreamt about. Princess Luna came to me in my dream. She warned me about these... things. She said we need to go to Canterlot, and that I was the only hope for Equestria's survival. And then she left me."
"Wow. I guess that means as soon as we find Rainbow Dash, we need to get to Canterlot."
"Yes. I don't think Ponyville will last much longer."
"Well, we need to find her as soon as possible. We'll go tomorrow morning. It's the safest time."
"Okay, we need to tell the others of the plan."
"Of course."
With that, we exited the room and walked down the stairs. Twilight called everypony to the main room so we could discuss the plan.
Once everypony was there, she spoke. "Okay everypony, as you most likely know, we need to find Rainbow Dash. Now Violet here, May know the most possible places we can find her." She stepped to the side, allowing me to speak.
"Well," I started, "the first possible place she may be is, obviously Cloudsdale. But as you know, only pegasi can reach it so, Fluttershy, Techno, you're coming with me."
Fluttershy interrupted with a frightened expression. "What? I can't do that. I'd be hurting other ponies."
"Fluttershy, without your help, we will lose Rainbow Dash, and probably all of Ponyville."
"I understand, but, I'd still be hurting them."
"Fluttershy, they want to hurt us, they want to destroy everything and everypony. Do you want that?"
"No, but I still won't hurt them."
"Fine, but you still have to come with us."
"Okay."
With the argument over, I turned to the rest. "The rest of you, will go with Twilight to search the rest of Ponyville for any sign of Rainbow Dash. You will stay together. When we find Rainbow Dash, we will find each other and head to the train station."
"Why there? Can't we just meet back here?" Asked Applejack. "And what about the fillies, won't we be putting them in danger if we brought them along?"
"She's right, darling, with them, things could get more dangerous than it needs to be." Said Rarity.
"Good point, very well, Applejack, Rarity, you two will stay here and keep watch on the fillies. Okay does everypony know their duties for this mission.?"
"Yes, mare." They said in unison.
"Good, we leave at sunrise tomorrow, the more time, the better. Everypony rest now, we need to have as much energy as possible."
They all nodded and dispersed to their own rooms, leaving me and Twilight alone. She walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek. "You did well, maybe you have what it takes to lead us."
That shocked me. "Lead? What do you mean?"
"You should be the leader of the group, everypony looks up to you. We would be lost without you."
"But would they agree if I took charge?"
"I'm sure they will."
"Fine, I'll consider, but now we need to rest."
"Okay, let's go to bed."
I had another dream that night. I was walking through a field full of beautiful flowers. Some were roses and daisies, even violets. It was a beautiful landscape. I was shocked out of my trance when a pony walked up from behind me. It was Princess Luna.
"Hello again, Princess." I said, bowing to her.
"Good evening, Violet. I see you have taken the role as leader."
"Well, actually, I'm not sure what to do. I haven't decided."
"You should accept the offer, everypony respects you, and look up to you."
I pondered it for a moment. "Okay, I'll do it."
She placed a hoof on my shoulder. "Violet, before I go, I must tell you. During this adventure your having, you will experience some of the worst hardships of your life. Once you get to Canterlot, me and my sister will be waiting for you in the royal hall. Come with Twilight alone. We shall speak again there, but for now, good luck, Violet Arrow. The fate of Equestria, is in your hooves."
I woke up with a gasp, breathing heavily. Twilight was still asleep next to me. I looked out the window. It was still dark out. The moon was shining brightly. I layed back down and went back to sleep. This time no dreams showed themselves.
I woke up the next morning, ready for what was in store. We were going to save the final Element of Harmony.
I headed down the stairs to find everypony ready for me. They were all determined to finish this.
"Techno, Fluttershy and I will go ahead to Cloudsdale, we will meet up later. Everypony ready?"
"Yes, mare." They all responded in unison.
"Then let's go, the faster we find Rainbow Dash, the better."
The pegasi flew out the door an into the skies. I looked down and saw Twilight taking her team to the rest of Ponyville. I turned to face the others.
"Okay listen, we don't know what to expect in Cloudsdale, so we need to fast and carefully. We will search the whole place for Rainbow Dash."
Soon we saw the cloud city come into view. And we didn't see much until we got closer.
Everything was destroyed, there were undead everywhere, and there were no signs of any survivors anywhere. Except for the only three there, fighting a horde of these things. Well, only two were fighting, the last was a filly. The stallion to the left was dark grey with a shiny yellow mane and yellow eyes. The young filly in between the two was orange with a purple mane. But the mare to the right was the one that I knew we were looking for. She had a cyan coat, her mane a multicolored rainbow. She had magenta eyes. I knew for sure she had to be Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash!" I shouted, hoping to get her attention. It worked, she saw me and flew toward us, the dark grey stallion carrying the filly following close behind.
"Who are you?" She asked me.
"I'll explain later, but now, we have to find Twilight and the others."
"Wait, you know Twilight?"
"Yes, now let's hurry, we gotta get out of here."
"Right, let's go." We flew off of the cloud city just before the undead surrounded us.
After we flew for a few minutes, we spotted the other group, still searching.
"TWILIGHT! WE FOUND RAINBOW DASH!"
She looked up at me and nodded, signaling to the others and heading back to the library to pick up Applejack and Rarity.
She returned with the others and we all headed to the train station. Once we arrived, we all made sure everypony was okay.
"Okay everypony," I said to them, "I'm going to try and get the train started, then we can head to Canterlot."
I entered the train and managed to start it up. Once everypony was situated, we introduced ourselves to the new ponies.
"I'm Violet Arrow, nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash."
"Hmm. Violet Arrow, where have I heard that name before. Sounds familiar, oh yeah, from flight school, we were the best of friends, don't you remember?"
"It's been a long time, but yes, a bit of it. Well, nice to see you again."
"Yup, we should hang out more, and by the way guys, this is Storm Chaser. He's one of my best friends."
"Hey, nice to meet you guys." He said to us.
"Well now, since we're together now, we can head for Canterlot."
"Agreed, we should be there by sunrise if all goes well." Twilight said to me. "Come on, Violet. We need to rest."
"I'm coming, Twilight."
I followed her to the last car. She shut the door behind me and closed the shade. She layed down on the bed, and I joined her.
"Twilight?"
"Yes, Violet?"
"I had another dream last night, Princess Luna visited me again."
"What did she say?"
"There is going to be a lot of hardships. She said that when we get to Canterlot, we need to see her and Celestia in the royal hall."
"Well, we know now what we're going to do."
"Yeah, do you have the Elements?"
"Yes, they're in my bags."
"Okay then, good night, Twilight."
"Good night, Violet."
As I closed my eyes to sleep, I heard Luna's voice, "Good luck, Violet Arrow. I'll be waiting for you."
Ponyville has fallen, but we live to fight another day, with the Elements of Harmony, we can win this.