Written by Quadraginta
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"Where is he taking us??" Rainbow Dash asked as he followed Twilight and Owlowiscious through the dense forest.
"I don't know," Twilight responded, dodging branches and leaping over small boulders, "but it must be something important if he wants us to come this badly."
"It better be important," said Rainbow Dash. She didn't mean to be rude, but she had clouds to clear after all.
Twilight continued running, following close behind Owlowiscious, and Rainbow Dash flying not too far behind. They continued like this for a while. Rainbow Dash was on the brink of losing her patience, until something of interest caught their attention.
Directly in front of them was a giant owl. It resembled Owlowiscious greatly, the only difference being that the giant owl in front of them had a look of great evil in it's eyes, whereas Owlowiscious was more mysterious. Next to the giant owl was an unconscious Fluttershy.
"I was NOT expecting that...." Rainbow Dash muttered quietly, her volume more befitting that of the unconscious Fluttershy than the brave, daring cyan pony.
The owl crouched lightly, as if preparing for...something. For what? They could only guess.
"Hey, Twi." Rainbow Dash whispered quietly to Twilight.
"Yeah?" replied Twilight.
"I'll go distract it, and you blast it with a spell that'll knock it out. Think you can do that?"
"Of course I can." Twilight smiled encouragingly at Rainbow Dash.
"Alrighty, then, Owlowiscious, you hide somewhere," Rainbow Dash urged the tiny owl. It did as it was told.
"On the count of 3." said Rainbow Dash.
"1...." Rainbow Dash crouched slightly, preparing herself.
"2..." Twilight also crouched into a 'ready' position.
Before Rainbow Dash could count to 3, though, the owl charged them. Or at least attempted to. It looked very big and bulky, and what the ponies saw was pretty much what they got.
Rainbow Dash easily dodged the giant owl's charge, and proceeded to dodge it's next several charges. What the owl lacked in speed, though, it made up for in strength and stamina. At one point, it actually did hit Rainbow Dash, and boy, did she feel that. Of course, she didn't allow it to happen again, but she did make the mistake once. And as for it's stamina, it didn't seem to be tiring out too quickly, if at all. Finally, Rainbow Dash decided to just buck the giant owl in the beak, effectively stunning it.
"Now!" yelled Rainbow Dash.
Twilight concentrated her magic into her horn, which began to glow to and crackle. She then unleashed a bolt of magic, and it hit the giant owl square in it's chest. It was sent flying backwards, where it sprawled on the floor, unconscious.
"Yes!" the two ponies rejoiced at their victory.
Rainbow Dash went over to Fluttershy's unconscious body and carried it in her arms.
"I'll fly her to Nurse Redheart," Rainbow Dash told Twilight. She then turned to Owlowiscious.
"And thank you for taking us to her so we could save her. You're the best owl ever." Rainbow Dash lightly pet Owlowiscious with the tip of her wing. The owl closed its eyes in contentment.