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// Loyal Heroine 
// Story: Give me a dash of Loyalty 
// by Commander Hot Stuff 
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I really was trying to do my best.

The Everfree Forest was the venue of my worst nightmares, but also the venue of my best memory. The day she took me under her wings.

That was five years ago. But I remember like it was yesterday, as if it were happening right now, right under this heavy rain. My teenage body is too small to cover her.

The convulsion in the left paw has not stopped. And she bleeds into several parts. I wish Sweetie Belle and Rarity are fine. I wish the other Elements of Harmony are fine and that it goes away soon.

I think about Apple Bloom, she is in Manehattan, the University of Engineering. She should soon receive news that Ponyville is under attack. I think about how Fluttershy had trusted him.

He, the reason for this disaster is happening. He, the beast in anyone who should have trusted, starting with the princess. He, the demon of Chaos.

Now I think about her, there in front of me. She never trusted him. She always told me to be careful. She did not believe in his reform.

She, loyalty shaped pony. She, the queen of the skies. She, my heroine. She, my older sister.

Angel Bunny is under her wing. We managed to save him. Winona, Tank, Opal, Gummy and Owlowiscious, all of them  are fallen warriors now.

I think about the shack of poor Fluttershy. The exact moment of attack. The last act of Tank.

Protect Rainbow Dash.

Not all stallions of Equestria together would have the courage that this tortoise had. None of them.

Which King Cronus* are playing with you, Tank. You deserve it.

Angel just woke up, he feels insecure for a moment but when he saw the cyan pegasus, his little heart bunny calms down.

Then he sees me and jumps up to me. We are two survivors, Angel Bunny. Thanks to her , thanks to Tank.

Dash gives a small cough, is a sign that is waking up. Oh no, it's a sign that she is waking up. She is cold and wet by rain.

I need something to hide her from the rain. She coughing once more. Angel Bunny extends to me a large sheet of one of the strange trees around. It's enough to keep her protected.

"She'll be fine, Angel. We'll be fine."

Fine. That strange word to use right now. I would alive. But Angel Bunny needs cheering up.

He looks at me with a angry face. No, Angel, I'm not lying. I feel who we'll be fine.

I hear the sound of hooves and Angel Bunny shown defensive. He wants to protect me and Rainbow Dash.

It's Zecora and she has Dinky Do on your back. Poor Dinky Do, seemed to have fought a whole battle alone. She is a smart and powerful unicorn, and I would never call her egghead like Rainbow Dash calling Princess Twilight.

"Come little Scootaloo, the attack was over. Ponyville is destroyed, but new life will emerge. Because their little ponies are brave warriors. "

No word rhymed with the other. Now, that was fun.

Rainbow Dash awoke. She changed confused for alarm in a question of ten seconds flat. But she was too weak, then went back to sleep.

Zecora asked me to take Dinky as she placed Dash on her back. I agreed immediately, putting my unicorn friend  on my back. Angel Bunny went up in my head, clinging to my mane.

Trotted silently by Everfree Forest, I felt the breath of Dinky. She was just unconscious. Dash slept in the back of Zecora, snored loudly. She is fine too.

"You and Rainbow Dash were there for how long? She's really cold. "Zecora asked me when we got to his shack, one of the few of Ponyville still intact.

As I put Dinky in Zecora’s bed, I thought abour her question. The answer does not really matter, because I could not give it. I've been around long enough to keep Dash breathing, secure in her unconsciousness.

"After Discord began the attack and Tank tried to protect  Rainbow Dash, he wound up dead. So Dash and others advanced against Discord, but he was so powerful that hit them. But they insisted the attack, until he managed to separate them. I found her injured near Fluttershy’s shack and managed to drag her to the middle of the forest. When I saw, Angel Bunny was hiding in her mane. I do not know how long we stayed there. "

Zecora remained silent while preparing some kind of potion. I dried myself with the towel she handed me and then busied myself with dry Dinky and Rainbow Dash.

Dinky could be unconscious in the dream world protected by Princess Luna, but Rainbow Dash was wide awake. She allowed me to dry up her , her paw still hurt. Zecora gave me ointment and cotton so I applied to wounds.

Dash grimaced as I applied the liquid, her other paw busy caressing Angel Bunny , that little bunny returned to his demanding state and was more than happy to have somepony to make him care.

When I put the ointment and cotton back in place, I felt something cold being placed around my neck. Startled, I looked down and recognized the comforting glow of the lightning ruby . It was the element of loyalty in my neck.

I turned to my older sister, she smiled proud of me. If I was still feeling some pain, she was healed by that those comforting magenta eyes.

Ponyville was rebuilt again, Apple Bloom made the entire project and everypony were ready to help in the reconstruction.

Some ponies received the title of heroes, as in every epic battle. But this time weren’t  mares known as Elements of Harmony. Instead, ponies like Sparkler and her little sister Dinky, Carrot Top, Rose, Lily, Daisy, the Doctor, Derpy Hooves, Lyra, BonBon, Caramel, Big Mac, Cheerilee and others, were proclaimed as great heroes of our small town.

Rainbow Dash seemed happy to only watch, be a hero all the time must be difficult. In his speech, Princess Twilight  even mentioned the names of Gummy, Opalescence, Owlowiscious, Winona and Tank. I could see a tear roll down of Rainbow's eye when Tank was cited. To my surprise,Twilight mentioned Sweetie Belle and me.

She said that the greatest heroes are not just on the battlefield but in hospitals and infirmaries. Sweetie and I could not be struggling, but we were protecting and caring for our older sisters, and it was a great form of heroism. She even cited Angel Bunny, for the joy and pride of Fluttershy.

I felt Dash's wing  around me,  she smiled so proud as that day. I did not need to be a heroine for all Ponyville. At that moment I saw the element of loyalty in my neck, I knew that my older sister had me as her heroine. No words, no pretty speeches. Only the brightness proud of those beautiful magenta eyes.