//------------------------------// // Chapter Six // Story: Dream Come True // by APoeticHeart //------------------------------// After making sure he trotted through the entirety of Canterlot, Prince Blueblood used his magic to teleport him, and the captured child to the entrance of the Everfree Forest. He smirked proudly as he turned to the trembling sack on his back. “This is the perfect place to put an abomination like you.” He spoke with a malicious tone and turned to trot into the dreaded woods. He trekked through the forest for a while until he came upon a clearing to place the terrified little boy. He smirked mischievously as he levitated the sack onto the ground, untied it, and levitated Timmy out of it. He looked down at the small child who was trembling, looking up at the unicorn stallion with sheer fear in his eyes. “Aw… what’s wrong you little danger to pony society? Are you scared to be outside in the dark?” He mocked Timmy, letting out a lowly chuckle. He used his magic to rip the cloth out of the small child’s mouth. He smirked at Timmy’s little lips quivering. Timmy looked up with tears escaping the corners of his eyes, struggling in the rope that tied his wrists. “W---why are you doing this Mister Blueblood?” He whimpered. Prince Blueblood stomped his hoof on the ground next to the scared boy. “Well, I do have to admit, you know how to show respect, but that doesn’t change the fact that you are a threat to all of pony kind. I’m doing this to you, because my Aunt Tia and her sister, Luna doesn’t seem to have the heart to get rid of a serious problem like yourself, so I knew I had to do it myself.” He glared coldly at Timmy. He used his magic to untie the child’s wrist from the rope. Timmy rubbed at his wrists as he looked up at Blueblood, trembling like a leaf. “Now let’s see if you can find your way out of these scary woods alone little one. If you are able to, then you shall live, but if no, then you will face a terrible fate.” He chuckled lowly. “Tata for now you little abomination.” He smirked down at the frightened little boy before using his magic to teleport out of the forest. Left alone, Timmy carefully stood up, his legs shaking in fear as he looked around the dim-lit opening he was placed. He wrapped his arm around himself, shaking not out of being cold, but out of fear of being all alone. He lowered his head and started to sob. “P-p-please someone help me.” He spoke shakily just above a whisper. Back at Canterlot Castle, the Elements of Harmony were about to leave when Applejack spoke up. “Hold on yall, before we leave, Ah want to go check on the little feller to make sure he is sleeping soundly.” She looked toward Princess Celestia. “Would that be okay princess?” Celestia gave her a warm smile, nodding her head. “Of course my honest Applejack, it’s okay with me. We will just be waiting outside the palace when you’re done.” Applejack tipped her hat and trotted to the room where she thought the boy was staying in. As she was trotting down one of the many corridors, she noticed the main door at the end was slightly ajar and trotted forward. When she approached the door, she carefully knocked on the door. “Sugarcube, are ya awake?” She asked. There was no answer, but she wanted to make sure he was okay. She carefully pushed the door open. “Timmy, Ah just wanted to…AAH!” She screamed when she noticed that the bed covers were sprawled out and the small child was gone. She turned to gallop back through the corridor, heading toward the front of the castle. Princess Celestia and the other elements were sharing a laugh with each other until Applejack came galloping outside with a look of fear in her eyes. “Girls, Princess Celestia… the little feller is gone!” She panted heavily as she approached them. “WHAT?” They gasped in unison. Applejack nodded biting her lower lip. “Ah went to go check on him, but when Ah got to the room he was staying in, the bed was all messed up, and he wasn’t there.” She lowered her head scuffing at the ground with a hoof. Celestia trotted up to her and laid a wing over her. She looked at the others. “My little ponies, we need to go in search for out little friend.” She gave a warm smile. “Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, I need you two to take to the skies to get an aerial view of land.” Rainbow saluted with a hoof. “You got it Princess! Let’s go Flutters.” She looked at the timid yellow Pegasus who had a deeply concerned look on her face. Fluttershy nodded, biting her lower lip. “Oh…my…I sure do hope the little one isn’t hurt.” Her and Rainbow hovered in the air, shooting forward in the sky. Celestia turned to the rest. “The rest of you, search all over Canterlot, and I’ll go get Luna to let her know so we can do our part.” The others nodded as they split up, so they could cover more ground of Canterlot. A look of determination crept across her face as she headed toward night court to retrieve her sister. Meanwhile Timmy wondered through the dreaded forest with his arms sill wrapped tightly around himself. There were tears rolling down his cheeks as he looked from left to right, seeing nothing, and surrounded by darkness. He started to shake harder as the wind started to pick up. I don’t want to hurt nobody. I just want to have someone to call mommy or daddy since my real mommy and daddy don’t want me. He whimpered at his thoughts as he heard the snap of a twig. He snapped around. “W---whose there?” he asked timidly, only to receive silence as his answer. He turned back around to look ahead, but came eye to eye with the bottom jaw of one of the most terrifying creatures of the Everfree, the timber wolf. With a nervous swallow traveling down his throat, the small child noticed that the jaws were dripping with saliva and he shakily looked up into the eerie glowing green eyes the foul beast. Timmy trembled like a leaf as he staggered backwards, tripping over a root of a tree. The timber wolf meticulously stalked the terrified boy, letting out a ferocious, guttural roar. Timmy kept crawling backwards until was able to scramble to his feet and started to run away from the creature. “Somebody help!” He screamed as he ran through the deep woods. While Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were soaring in the sky, they heard the yell of the child. They looked at each other with deep concern as they looked down below them. They could see through the patches of trees, seeing the little boy running. They gasped when they saw a timber wolf chasing him. “We’ve got to save him fast Fluttershy!” Rainbow said as she shot down toward the forest. Fluttershy swallowed nervously, but shot down next. Timmy was panting heavily while he was running, but he wasn’t watching where he was running, and his foot caught a root of a tree, causing him to fall to the ground with a hard thud, and landing on the palms of his hands which he tried to use to catch his fall. He also landed hard on a knee, causing him to immediately grab it, hugging it up to his chest. He cried as he turned to see the timber wolf approaching him with it’s fangs dripping with saliva and it’s brows furrowed with hunger. He tried to crawl away using only one arm while holding his injured knee with the other one. He looked up in horror at the beast slowly stalking it’s way towards him, tears rolling down his cheeks. The timber wolf raised a wooden paw up as it got close enough. Timmy’s lips quivered with fear as he saw what it was going to do and he covered his head with his hands and arms, curling up in a ball. As the timber wolf was about to lower his paw to swipe at the scared child, Timmy heard voice “Get away from him you pile of firewood!” He carefully uncovered his face to see Rainbow Dash diving down, crashing a hoof into the side of the wolf’s face. The creature staggered to the side a bit as Rainbow landed in front of Timmy with a snarl creeping across her face. She looked back at the trembling boy with tears flowing down his face. “Don’t worry little buddy, we’re save you.” She looked to see Fluttershy lowering to the ground. “Fluttershy, you get him out of here, I can handle this giant toothpick!” She shot toward the timber wolf again, hitting it in the side of it’s face with a hoof. Fluttershy looked down at Timmy, a frown forming on her face as she saw him holding his knee. She trotted over to him. “M---my knee….it hurts.” He cried as he clenched his eyes shut. She sat down on her haunches and leant down to very carefully place her forelegs underneath his small form. “Shh… it’s okay sweetie, I’m going to make it feel better.” She very gently lifted him help, being cautious of his knee, and cradled him to her chest. She looked up to see Rainbow finishing off the timber wolf. After Rainbow got done beating the timber wolf into a pile of wood she trotted over to the two. She looked worriedly at the little boy, reaching hoof up to stroke at his mane, and looked into his eyes. She gave him a warm reassuring smile. “Don’t worry little guy, Fluttershy is going to take you to her cottage to get you all better.” She looked up into Fluttershy’s eyes. “I’ll go and get the others.” She saluted with a hoof and hovered into the air, and flew towards Canterlot. Fluttershy looked up at her as she flew off, then back at the small child in her forelegs. “Okay sweetie, let’s get you back to my home so I can fix you up.” She carefully hovered in the air as she felt a little hand on her shoulder, and looked down to the tear filled eyes of the little boy. Timmy spoke shakily “Thank you Miss Fluttershy.” He reached up, wrapping his little arms tightly around her neck. She felt tears sting her eyes and wrapped her forelegs around him, with one under his legs, being careful of his injured knee, and the other foreleg around his back. She rubbed up and down his back soothingly “Shh…it’s okay little one. I promise I’m going to make you feel all better.” She flapped her wings and flew toward her cottage. As they approached the cottage, Fluttershy’s pet bunny, Angel saw them, and immediately opened the doors. Fluttershy carefully flew inside, toward her sofa, and gently lowered the child down onto it. She looked down at Angel. “Angel honey, go get Momma the first aid kit.” He saluted with a paw and hopped to the bathroom. Fluttershy sat down on her haunches next to the little boy, reached up with a hoof, and gently stroked at his mane. “Sweetie, I promise everything is going to be okay.” She gave him a warm reassuring smile. Angel returned with the first aid kit, earning a pat in the head by Fluttershy. “Thank you Angel.” She opened it, pulling out a roll of gauze, a small bottle of antiseptic ointment, and a couple of Band-Aids. She looked down at Timmy. “Little one, would it be okay I look at your hands first?” He sniffled a little, his tears finally calmed. “Yes Miss Fluttershy.” He held up his small hands facing the palms toward her, earning a shocked expression on her face. Both hands had scratches on them, and they were bleeding a bit. She looked in the first aid kit, pulling out a small cloth, and used it to dab at the blood. “You poor baby, who done this to you?” She held his hands gently in one fore hoof while applying the ointment to his injured hands with the other hoof. He swallowed nervously, afraid to say that Blueblood was the one who left him in the forest. Fluttershy took notice as she was now wrapping the gauze gently around his hands. “It’s okay sweetheart, you can tell me.” She gave him a warm smile, reaching her hoof to stroke at his mane. He looked into her eyes fearfully, but spoke shakily. “Mister Blueblood and two guards tied me up, put me in a sack, and Mister Blueblood left me in that scary forest.” He started to cry a little, but felt Fluttershy’s hoof wipe away his tears. Fluttershy closed her eyes to subdue her own tears as she opened them up again to take a look at his knee. His knee was scratched up and bleeding like his hands. She carefully used the cloth to dab at the blood, and then after she got all the blood cleaned up, she applied the ointment. How could that pathetic excuse for a prince leave such a precious and innocent child alone, especially in the dreaded Everfree Forest? I’ve got to tell Princess Luna and Princess Celestia about this, and what did Blueblood do to get the guards to help? She placed a large sized Band-Aid over the little boy’s knees, giving him a warm smile. “There you go little one, all better.” He sat up wrapping his arms around her neck one more time, laying his head on her shoulder. “Thank you Miss Fluttershy.” He sighed softly. She rubbed along his back with a foreleg. “You don’t need to thank me sweetie.” She turned her head, nuzzling him tenderly on the cheek. She hugged him for a couple more minutes before laying him down on the sofa and pulling a warm blanked over him. “Now, you get some rest Timmy, and Princess Luna and the others should be here soon.” She gave him a warm, reassuring smile. He gave her a light nod, letting out a little yawn. “Okay Miss Fluttershy, goodnight.” He gave her a soft smile, before closing his eyes, and drifting off to sleep peacefully. She smiled warmly at the little boy. “Goodnight sweetie.” She spoke just above a whisper. Soon there was a knock at Fluttershy’s door, and she came trotting out of kitchen after putting dishes up. She looked over to see the child still sleeping as she opened the door to reveal Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and the other elements. “Thou kind Fluttershy, I thank you very much for helping in the rescue of young Timmy.” Luna smiled tearfully, nodding her head at Fluttershy, and looked over at the sleeping little boy. She carefully trotted over to him, making sure not to wake him, and reached up a hoof to gently stroke at his mane. She turned to the Pegasus. “Tell me my dear friend, who did this to him?” Fluttershy gave a frown, taking in a deep breath, and exhaled deeply. “Timmy said it was Prince Blueblood and a couple of guards.” They all gasped, but tried to not wake the child. “He said they tied him up, trapped him in a sack, and then Prince Blueblood dropped him off in the Everfree Forest.” Luna turned back to the child with her brows furrowed in anger, and a scowl form across her lips. She closed her eyes, and took in a deep breath to relax. She stroked at his mane some more as she softly spoke. “Thank thou Fluttershy for telling us. I guess I’ll have a talk with Blueblood in the morning.” Celestia nodded in agreement. “I shall join you sister, because my nephew is no prince after performing such a heinous act against this precious little one.” She frowned, but her brows furrowed in anger as well. Luna carefully levitated the sleeping child onto her back, wrapped up in the blanket Fluttershy offered. “Before we return to the castle, may I ask one of you to accompany us? I would like for some pony to be in my bedroom with Timmy, to watch over him, while myself and my sister talk with Blueblood tomorrow.” Rainbow spoke up. “I’ll come with you princesses. I’ll make sure the little guy is safe from any more harm from that poor excuse for a prince.” She huffed. Luna and Celestia nodded. “Thank you thou loyal Rainbow Dash.” Luna looked around at the others with a warm smile. “Thank thou all for all of your help in searching for Timmy. I promise, Prince Blueblood shall face the rightful punishment for his actions. For now my sister and I bid thou all a goodnight.” “Goodnight Princess Luna, Princess Celestia.” The four spoke softly as Rainbow followed behind them. Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and Rainbow Dash left the cottage, hovered up into the air, and flew towards Canterlot. Luna looked back at the sleeping child “Don’t worry little one, Prince Blueblood won’t bother thou again.” She whispered and turned to Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash, there is another reason I asked for one of you to come with us?” Rainbow looked at the night princess curiously. “Yes Princess Luna?” “I asked for some pony to accompany us to Canterlot, and stay in the room with Timmy tomorrow, because I don’t want him to witness me change into something that I will regret.” She furrowed her brows with determination. Celestia swallowed nervously. “Luna…you don’t mean?” Luna nodded firmly. “Yes Tia. Tomorrow Prince Blueblood shall face the wrath of Nightmare Moon.” A smirk crept across her face as the three headed toward the castle.