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// 4: The Chase 
// Story: Messages from Canterlot High 
// by aricaitlyn 
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Taylor leaped at me, hollering loudly. I couldn't move; she had pinned me to the ground. 

With a sudden jolt of strength, I pushed Taylor off my back. "Leave me alone!" I shouted. "What did I do to you?"

Without even thinking, I began to run. Down the stairs in the courtyard and right through a door, leading me back into the school building. 

"Whew." I wiped the sweat from my forehead and leaned against a set of lockers in the hallway. "That was a close one."

"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" Taylor hollered. I screamed and began to run faster, until I reached the end of the hallway. Dead end. My best bet was slipping into a classroom, but I didn't want this drama to interrupt any classes. 

Taylor approached me, holding the cuffs roughly. "Maybe, when they find more like you, you'll become part of the Taylor race. A race of horse-women all over the world! I know they're hiding, and once I find one, they'll all reveal themselves! Ha!"

Instead of tempting fate, I continued running. I had left the dead end, looking for an exit. I was gonna leave this school for the day and leave Taylor to do...whatever she's gonna do.

"See ya, Taylor!" I hollered, leaving the school. I yanked on my backpack and the two wings popped out. I began flying back to my house, back home to tell Pinkie about my first day.

The wings, which somehow knew where they were headed, got me home in about ten seconds flat. Pinkie stood at the door, wearing an apron. "Welcome home!" she said, pulling me in for a hug like the mother decoy she was. We stepped inside and she shut the door behind us. 

"How was school?" Pinkie asked. 

"Eh, not too good. This girl, Taylor is terrorizing me," I replied. "But I can take 'er."

There was a knock at the door. Pinkie stood up and opened it. Taylor stood behind the door. "Your little tricks won't fool me, Rainbow Dash! I know where you live!"

Pinkie slammed the door. Taylor continued to persist, banging on windows. "You can't hide forever, Dash! I've been preparing for this all my life!"

Pinkie pulled out a remote and pressed a button. Outside, one of our lawn animals had obliterated the "horse-woman sleep cuffs" with a laser beam. Taylor stood, shocked. "Okay..." she said, turning on her heel. "I'm gonna go home and...prepare."

"I feel good about how today went," I said, slumping on the couch.





Meanwhile, at Canterlot High...

Principal Celestia sat at her desk, drinking from a can of soda. Her phone, which was located on her desk, suddenly began to ring. She read the caller ID and saw that it was Rainbow Dash, calling from Vasqville. 

Celestia picked up. "Hello?"

"Hey. The mission goes well," Rainbow Dash replied.

"Alright. Have you told anybody about the conspiracy?"

Rainbow cursed on the other line. "No...I'm sorry. It just slipped my mind. This girl was terrorizing me today, and..."

"Terrorizing you? How?"

"The thing is, I think she already knew about me being a...whatever I became. I didn't say anything to her about it."

Celestia nodded. "Okay. Well, is that all?"

"Hello!" a perky, loud voice exclaimed. 

Celestia nearly dropped her phone due to the volume of the caller. "Pinkie Pie?"

"Yes-yes-yes! Dashie and I are having a grrrr-eat time here in Vasqville. I'm her mom."

"Uhh...what?"

"Not really, though. That would be crazy."

Celestia fiddled with a pencil on her desk. "Right."

"Pinkie, we've got to hang up!" Rainbow Dash said from the other side of the room. 

"Oh, right," Pinkie replied. "Well, we've got to go!" Pinkie hung up. Celestia put her phone down and turned back to her soda.