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// Lost: The Discovery 
// Story: Caring for Emerald 
// by AzureWing 
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	“Where could she be?” Twilight thought allowed as her and Rainbow Dash briskly made their way through Ponyville. They kept a very competitive pace, one that Rainbow Dash herself thought to be decently fast. Dash’s eyes scanned the familiar scenery of the town. The houses passed like birds in the sky as the two found themselves closer to the edge of the northern most part of town, made obvious by the almost sudden lack of houses and abundance of wide open space that comprised of trees and grass.   The unicorn and pegasus duo took a quick second to catch their breaths before turning about face and continuing their vigilant search.
I’m never letting this filly out of my sight again. Rainbow thought to herself as she recounted all the trouble she has gone through for Emerald. As confident as Rainbow was about finding the child, she couldn’t help but fight back her worries. 
“Where would I be if I was a filly?” Twilight questioned herself loud enough for Rainbow to hear.
“School most likely.” Rainbow joked. It was not really the time to be cracking jokes, but Rainbow held on to the dry humor in order to keep herself from losing her mental battle with worry.
“Very funny Dash.” Twilight sarcastically muttered. “School’s out today, it’s a weekend.” As correct as she was with that statement, it did not help the situation at hand. The two went on for a little bit, not speaking to each other at all. They searched up and down the roads multiple times, never with satisfying results. They came across the river that cuts through Ponyville and both dipped their heads down to drink. The freezing cold water burned the back of Rainbow’s throat as she forced the liquid down. She squinted a little in pain and relaxed her face as soon as it was over. She opened her eyes and stared at her reflection in the water for a little bit. 
Emerald’s not even my filly. Rainbow thought. I never would have imagined I would care this much about some kid I barely even know. For a moment, Rainbow thought hard about what would have happened if she didn’t make Emerald fall in the first place. Rainbow’s mood drastically changed at this idea. For some reason she became….mad. Was she mad at herself for what she did to Emerald? That’s a stupid question, she’s completely angry for the pain she caused Emerald. But… Rainbow played with her thoughts for a second.
I’m…Happy I met Emerald.
Rainbow froze. She was momentarily oblivious to the world around her. What does this mean? Is she happy that Emerald fell? No, that can’t be it. If it came down to it, however, she wouldn’t change what she did. Is it bad to feel like this?
“Rainbow, are you ready, or are you frozen by your looks……again?” Twilight successfully pulled Rainbow out of the deep abyss that was her thoughts.
“Wha? No. I’m just, um, I think I, ughhh, do I have something blue on my face?” Rainbow quickly got out as she straightened up and began rubbing her face with her hooves.
“Blue?” Twilight inspected Rainbow. “You know you’re blue, right?” 
“Oh, am I? That’s weir…..” Rainbow trailed off, realizing that she’s not fooling the librarian. “So, we should hurry up and get back to the search!” Rainbow enthusiastically exclaimed, trying her best to change the subject. Rainbow immediately began moving her head around as if she was still searching.



The train speed through Equestria faster than Emerald could even compare to anything. She did not take her eyes off of the openness of the world outside for anything. The colt next to her would randomly ask her questions, but it did not annoy Emerald too much.
He’s just trying to be my friend.
She didn’t necessarily dislike the strange colt, but he did give off uncomfortable vibes every so often. Every time he would ask something, Emerald’s thoughts would fly back to Rainbow Dash. She felt so close to Rainbow Dash in the short time that they knew each other. Emerald found comfort in the thought of Rainbow coming to her rescue on that dreadful night. The way Rainbow’s warm coat felt in the cold rain was a feeling Emerald does not feel she could ever replicate. How could she have been so wrong about Rainbow Dash? Why did Rainbow Dash have to turn into a bad pony? Why would Rainbow Dash say she couldn’t see her mommy? Rainbow Dash was so nice to her throughout this horrible ordeal. Was it an act? For what?
“We’re almost at Las Pegasus, are you ready?” The colt asked with the same unnerving smile carved on his face. Emerald momentarily unglued her eyes from her window. She gave the earth pony next to her a very confused look.
“I’m going to Cloudsdale.” Emerald stated plainly.
“Oh really? Because you couldn’t be farther from Cloudsdale if you tried.” The stallion said through his grin.
“What?” Emerald questioned, genuinely confused.
“You can’t get to Cloudsdale by train.”  Emerald felt like a huge weight was just attached to her heart. Emerald quickly began looking all around her desperately for some kind of answer. “If you want to go to Cloudsdale, you better come with me.” Emerald looked into the stallion’s purple eyes. Her worried mind began working faster and faster as she ran out of options.
“You can take me home?”



The sun in the sky began falling faster than Rainbow Dash was ready for. It will be night soon, that’s going to make the search near impossible, as if it was not impossible already. Rainbow and Twilight had asked many ponies about the whereabouts of the missing filly with absolutely no luck. It would seem that the filly somehow made her way through the town alone without arousing the suspicion of a single pony. Ponyville has always been a relatively safe location for fillies, however, one as young as Emerald walking alone would still be an abnormal sight. Rainbow Dash thought through all of the bad things that could have happened to Emerald for the millionth time. Every morbid thought made Rainbow slightly cringe. She did not like thinking of these absolute worst case scenarios, but for some reason, she couldn’t help but scare the crap out of herself.
“Hey, Twilight?”
“Yes Rainbow?”
“Do you think Emerald could have left Ponyville?” Rainbow asked, her eyes completely reflecting her worry.
“It would sure seem that way.” Twilight said in a very defeated tone. “I think that all of us had this feeling, but we were just hoping it was not true.” The two ponies slowed their pace slightly as if to process the conversation farther. The park they were cutting through seamed slightly less lively then it usually is. There were a few ponies in the area, but not enough to create the noise that the two were used to.
“If she left, where would she go?” Rainbow questioned, hiding her desperation.
“We can rule out Cloudsdale.” Twilight said with confidence. “Even though that is most likely her destination, the only way she would realistically get there is the balloon and we already confirmed that it did not carry any passengers today.” 
“I just hope she didn’t end up in the Everfree forest.” Rainbow said, mentally knocking on wood. 
“I doubt it, she may be young, but the Everfree forest just plain LOOKS vicious. She’s not stupid.” This made Rainbow feel a little bit better. Twilight was right, nothings natural or inviting about that forest. 
Both ponies looked to the sky. The sun was halfway down. Rainbow thought about the other four ponies that were working so hard. Did they have any luck? Maybe one of them found some sort of lead. It’s not entirely impossible. At this point, Rainbow would accept any good luck whatsoever. 
“It’s getting real late.” Twilight started. “We should meet up with everyone else and go through our options.” Rainbow did not want to give up. If she could, she would spend all night searching until this filly was found. However, Twilight Sparkle was right. It was slowly getting dark. In not too long, it will be almost impossible to see.  Poor Emerald. All alone in the dark. The way Rainbow made her that one night. She tried her best to bury these thoughts. Rainbow and Twilight began their “walk of shame” back to the library. The six friends agreed that would be the meeting place this time, as Sugar Cube Corner would be closed. Twilight kept her head down on the walk home, where as Rainbow Dash kept her eyes scanning the road for anything that they could have missed during their rounds. Luckily, Twilight’s home was not too far away. The sun set casted a light orange hue on the buildings that created the shadows that Rainbow and Twilight walked through. They softly heard the unmistakable “whooo” of a night owl who was presumably waking up from his day time slumber to own the night. This noise had Rainbow momentarily search the skies, almost expecting to find Emerald was the origin of the noise.
Did I really just think that? I must be tired. Rainbow did not realize how tired she actually was. She had been moving around literally all day. Maybe it’s good that they are calling it quits. They will find Emerald faster with more energy.
THUD!
Rainbow felt a random pain in her neck and chest as she was examining the sky. Before she knew it, she had tripped over a heavy object and fell on her side. The shock seamed to hurt her more than the actual fall. She let out a little yelp as she hit the ground. Twilight, whose face was still fixed to the ground, jumped as she was startled by the random noise. Her face shot up quickly to locate the cause of Rainbow’s distress.
A wooden wagon seamed to shake violently back and forth, while still staying on its four wheels. The wagon stood to just below Twilight’s chin in height; however the withe was nothing too impressive, being a little bit less than two feet wide. The disproportioned wagon was quickly controlled, despite how much it was shaking. The contents moved around quite a bit, making tons of noise.
“Oh, I’m so sorry! Are you ok?” A familiar voice called from behind the wagon. Rainbow looked up to find a purplish hoof, too light to be twilight’s, extended to her. “Oh, it’s Rainbow Dash!” Rainbow accepted the hoof and rose from the ground to meet her attacker eye to eye.
“Cheerilee?!” The blue pegasus exclaimed, genuinely surprised to run into the teacher. Cheerilee gave Rainbow a warm smile.
“Are you okay Rainbow Dash?” Cheerilee questioned. “I did not see you until I felt the cart shake.” 
“I’m fine, it’s no big deal.” Rainbow said as she flapped her wings to get the dirt out of her coat.
“Hi Cheerilee!” Twilight greeted in a formal, friendly tone. Twilight calmed down after the sudden surprise and shot a smile toward her friend.
“Twilight Sparkle!” Cheerilee almost shouted. “Here you are! I went to the Library but you weren’t there.”
“I’m sorry, was there something you needed?” Twilight questioned.
“I just picked up a bunch of books from a few towns over for the school, but I seemed to grab more than I needed, so I was wondering if there was room in the Library for them.” Cheerilee said, motioning one of her hoofs over the deformed cart. Twilight peeked over the edge at the contents of the wagon. There were a few books (now in disarray because of the attack on Rainbow) that filled the wagon about half full. Or half empty. One of the two. 
“Well, I would love to check them out.” Twilight said as she searched the contents for any book she did not already recognize. There were a few that she had already seen in the library, but she couldn’t tell too well with the light fading as fast as it was.
“I’ll bring them by again tomorrow.” Cheerilee said with a smile. “I don’t want to walk home too late tonight.”
“That sounds good! Thank you, Cheerilee!” Twilight said with a hint of happiness in her voice. Twilight seamed to sound like a kid excited for their birthday the next day. 
“Okay, I’ll see you then Twilight!” Cheerilee said. “I’m sorry again Rainbow, I did not mean to hit you.” She said as she got ready to push the cart again.
“It’s all good!” Rainbow said with a wave of her hoof. Cheerilee began to walk away as Twilight and Rainbow continued in their original direction.
“I might have to move a few books, but I think there will be room.” Twilight muttered to herself as they walked.
“I can see you’re excited.” Rainbow said with a chuckle. 
“Wait.” Twilight said softly to herself. Her eyes grew momentarily as she turned around immediately. “Cheerilee!!!” She called. The purple earth pony had only made it about a few building lengths away before the call.
“Yes Twilight?” The pony stooped and turned around to hear the unicorn better.
“Tomorrow won’t work! I’ll be looking for someone!” Twilight called. “Sorry!”
“Looking for someone!?” Cheerilee questioned. Even Rainbow forgot for a quick second. The whole meeting was so sudden that Emerald completely slipped her mind.
“Yeah, I’m looking for a lost filly!” Twilight called back.



“This is the last stop for the night. We ask that you watch your step as you make your way off the train, and we hope that you have a safe night!” An enthusiastic voice called from the front of the train very loudly. Emerald couldn’t help but ignore everything going on inside the train. The outside was significantly more entertaining. Emerald has been staring at the brightly lit town since the moment she could see the small glowing speck in the distance. Never before has she seen anything so fascinating. Huge billboards held pictures in the sky, as the tall buildings completely crushed anything Emerald could imagine. Thousands and thousands of ponies bustled in different directions on the ground as the sky was littered with different pegasus ponies all seaming to be going in absolutely different directions. Emerald’s favorite part was the lights. Every building, billboard, carriage, street lamp, and even the fountains that burst water high into the air all were made up of complete rainbows of different lights. Emerald could see the lights create a spectrum of different colors on the window next to her seat. Her eyes bounced from left to right as she absorbed the atmosphere. For the first time on her trip, she felt completely excited. She felt like a load of worry and loneliness was left behind. She had made it to a place that never gets dark.
“Are you just going to stare outside that window all night?” The gray colt asked with a small hint of annoyance in his voice. Emerald momentarily disconnected her eyes from the mesmerizing city to look back at the stallion. His short, dark blue mane seamed to stay perfectly still as he kept his gaze on her.  Emerald did not realize how long she had been sitting there while the train was stopped. She shot a glance around the train and noticed that significantly more than half of the other ponies had already left the train. She hopped on her feet and got into the aisle next to the colt. She motioned with his head for her to lead the way out. Emerald was really excited to see the town from the roads. She took off in a pace that her escort was not ready for. 
“40 bits, that’s just donkey shi-owowowowowww.” Emerald over heard as she passed the ponies on the train. The moment Emerald stepped out of the train; she was frozen in awe at the world in front of her. She had full range to move her head around and take in more of the scenery. Emerald felt a sudden shove from behind as the stallion stepped into her original spot.
“Don’t block the exit.” He demanded. Emerald stumbled for a step or two, but she was ultimately able to keep her balance. She turned around to face the colt, who just sighed and started walking toward the city. “Stay close to me. We don’t want you getting lost.”
Emerald obeyed obediently. It didn’t take a scholar to see that a filly could get lost in the hoof traffic easier than a baby beaver could get caught in a river’s current. Emerald made sure to stay close as she walked in-between the monstrous buildings. Occasionally, she would physically brush another pony or two in the crowded streets. Noise played a big part in the atmosphere as she heard hundreds of conversations at one time, making a single one too hard to understand in less she really concentrated. Ponies of all kinds of races and colors and sized occupied the entire town. Emerald was slightly intimidated to be surrounded by so many ponies; however, her new obsession with the lights and beautiful colors greatly comforted her. Her claustrophobic situation was made better throughout the entire walk. Emerald would make sure to check her distance between her and her escort every so often so she did not get lost.
Lost.
Emerald’s mind raced back to how lost she felt after her terrible fall. She had a quick vision of the rain and the darkness that made her feel so stranded. The fog and storm that made her feel so alone. This is something that she never ever wants to feel again.
“We are almost there.” Emerald faintly heard the big pony in front of her call back. Almost where? Cloudsdale? In all the excitement, Emerald forgot to get the details of how she was supposed to get home from her guide. She never even got his name. She took a long look at the colt and analyzed him. His cutie mark was a singular mug that failed to show the contents. His grey coat was a little messy and greatly complimented his dark blue mane and tail that looked even messier. 
“Where are we going?” Emerald finally asked.
“Here.” The stallion said as they fought their way through a crowd of strangers to reach the door of a smaller, dimly lit building. It was a place that blended into the scenery and did not stand out in any way. It was nowhere near as tall as the other buildings, and had no colored lights on it at all. There was a dimly lit sign connected to the roof of the rectangular shaped building. There were only a few small windows on the face of the bare building. The wooden door creaked as the earth pony pushed it open with his hoof. He held the door as Emerald walked inside. The inside was a little bit more impressive, but noting too extremely special. Emerald recognized that this was some sort of restaurant. There were a few circular tables that spread across the floor on the right side of the room. On the left side was open space that led to a counter type area that had tall chairs positioned at the area. On the other side of the counter was an impressive amount of different bottles and glassed that were all filled with different kinds of liquids. Next to the shelves were stacks of wooden barrels that stood upright by a large wooden stopper. Small light bulbs hung from the ceiling and kept the restaurant lit, if only a little. The entire interior had a smooth wooden finish. Emerald noticed a door behind the counter but couldn’t see where it led. The grey pony stepped inside behind Emerald and closed the door behind them.
“Why are we at a restaurant?” Emerald asked.
“This is my bar.” The pony started as he began drawing the velvet curtains over the four windows that faced the street.
“Bar?” Emerald questioned, confused.
“It’s a restaurant for older ponies.” He said.
“Where are the customers?” Emerald asked, turning around to check if she missed anyone.
“The bar is closed today,” he began, “Had to visit my family so I closed the place.”
“But, why are we here?” Emerald asked.
“We are going to stay here for a while.” The stallion said with a small chuckle, closing the last window.
“You said you were going to take me home…”
“Yeeeeeeah, you’re not going home.” He said, as he locked the door. 


“A lost filly?” Cheerilee called back, her nurturing teacher instincts kicking in. “Who?”
“She’s a little pegasus from out of town.” Rainbow called back.
“Wait, did she have a yellow coat?!” Cheerilee called back. Rainbow’s heart began racing. Before she even knew what she was doing, her wings closed the gap between her and Cheerilee. The school teacher was startled by the sudden approach of Rainbow Dash. She jumped slightly, but regained her composure almost as instantly.
“You’ve seen a filly with a yellow coat?!” Rainbow belated out. This is not exactly what Rainbow meant to ask, but her excitement got the best of her. Within a few seconds, Twilight teleported next to the two conversing ponies. Cheerilee was slightly caught off guard.
“Yes, I came across and yellow pegasus filly earlier today. She had a dark green mane and tail with a light green hair band and streak. She also wore a white wrist band on her left forehoof.”
“THAT’S EMERALD!” Both Rainbow and Twilight shouted in unison.
“Yes, that’s right, she said her name was Emerald.” Cheerilee told them, happy to remember the details. Rainbow’s heart felt as if it were dancing. 
“Where is she?!” Rainbow asked. 
“Oh… I met her on the train.”
The train. Emerald made it on the train.
“Which train, where was she going, did you see her get off!?” Rainbow asked quickly. “Was… was she okay?” Cheerilee noticed the change in tone.
“If you don’t mind me asking, who is this little filly? Cousen?” Cheerilee asked curiously.
“No.” Rainbow started. “She’s my responsibility. I’m the reason she was on that train.” Cheerilee looked Rainbow in the eyes for a few seconds before replying.
“She was on the train to Las Pegasus. I know she got off there because that was the last stop.” Cheerilee finally said, recounting the details on the spot.
“She went all the way to Las Pegasus!?” Twilight exclaimed with worry in her voice.
“Yeah, she said she was visiting family.” The earth pony said.
“Her mom lives in Cloudsdale, but she did not say anything about any other family anywhere else.” Rainbow said. Rainbow did not think it would be important to ask Emerald a question like that. Proves her wrong.
“Hmm, well if you are telling me that she is alone in Las Pegasus then we could have a MAJOR problem on our hoofs.” Twilight said.
“Yes, that is not a safe place for a little filly to be alone, especially this late at night.” Cheerilee said, understanding the seriousness of the situation. Rainbow took a few seconds to think through her options. Finding Emerald would be almost impossible in a large town like Las Pegasus, but since she knows for sure that Emerald is there, she has no time to waste.
“Twilight, you go back to the library and tell the others. Try to see anyone wants to get on the next train to Las Pegasus to help me. There should be a night train leaving soon. I am going to fly there as fast as I can.” Rainbow commanded, already getting her wings prepared for takeoff.
“Wait Rainbow Dash!” Twilight used her magic to keep Rainbow grounded by putting her in a purple aura. “Las Pegasus is way too far for you to safety fly there. You should come back to the library so we can all get on the train.”
“Twilight, Emerald is alone in that big town, I’ve gotta help her.” Rainbow snapped at her friend.
“You’re not going to be much help to anyone if you’re dead Rainbow Dash!” Twilight almost screamed at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow began fighting the magical grip as hard as she could. Cheerilee backed up a little bit, as to not get between the two ponies.
“Let go Twilight!” Rainbow shouted. 
“If you really want to help Emerald Rainbow Dash, you need to cooperate!” Twilight scolded.
“I can get there just fine Twilight!” Rainbow started. “I’ve been flying all my life. It’s my passion! Now that I can do it for something I care about, I should take the chance!” Twilight sighed in frustration at this.
“I am not letting you go until you agree to come back to the library and plan this out!” Twilight bit back. 
“Any more time planning and we might never find Emerald. Time is running out!” Rainbow lashed.
“So it’s best that we use the time we have wisely!” Twilight replied, losing her patience.  Rainbow struggled as much as she could but eventually gave up. 
“Fine Twilight. You win.” The defeated pegasus said, dropping her head.
“Good.” Was all the unicorn said as her horn’s light disappeared with the light around Rainbow Dash. “Thank you for all your help, Cheerilee.” 
“No problem.” The purple pony said. “If you need absolutely anything, just let me know.” With that, they parted ways. Rainbow Dash dragged her hoofs as they made their way back. 
Emerald could be in trouble right now. As sure as I am walking, she could be in trouble. Rainbow repeated this in her mind over and over again. She couldn’t stand doing nothing.
“By this time, the others are sure to be back at the library.” Twilight said as she led the way. “If we are lucky then all of them will be able to come and help our search in Las Pegasus.” Twilight’s head dipped down a bit as she began thinking allowed. “Where would she have gone in a town that big? Asking ponies would be relatively pointless since there’s just too many of them. I guess Rainbow and Fluttershy can do fly overs while the rest of us check the hotels and gambling areas. What do you think Rainbow Dash, is that a good idea?” Twilight’s head lifted up as she turned to face Rainbow, only to find that no pony was there. Twilight squinted in the darkness to see a very faint trail of rainbow, quickly flying away.



“I, I don’t understand.” Emerald said, slowly backing away. 
“Let’s just say,” The stallion started as he began advancing slowly on Emerald, “You won’t be going home.”
“But, you said that you would take me home.” Emerald said, increasing her speed slightly. “You, you said that….you said you would take me home. That’s what you said…” Emerald couldn’t hide her feelings any longer. Any façade she had that projected a stronger or more fearless version of herself was gone. Tears started flowing to her eyes as she gathered all her strength.  In one sudden moment, she quickly attempted to launch herself at the door, flapping her wings as if they would help propel herself to her destination.
Snap!
Emerald felt her body force her three feet to her left side. Her body slammed forcefully into a table that fell over due to the projectile. Emerald screamed in pain as her body hit the floor. A hoof was immediately shoved into her mouth as she was effectively silenced.
“I see you can’t fly yet.” The earth pony laughed. “It wasn’t hard to use my hoofs to hit you away from the door.” Emerald tried her best to scream with the hoof in her mouth. She produced a large array of different sounds; none of them however were audible from the outside at all. Emerald struggled to get herself off the ground by spastically moving her hoofs and wings. Emerald has never felt this scared before. 
“Shshshshhhh. It’s going to be okay.” The colt started, holding an evil look in his eyes. “As long as you do everything I say. Everything will turn out just fine.” He remained on top of her until she calmed down. Emerald decided that fighting back at this point would be useless anyway. The Stallion completely overpowered her. Emerald was completely pinned down. The stallion slowly removed his hoof.
“What *sob* what do you want from me?” Emerald asked mid cry. She had absolutely no idea why she was where she was in the first place. Her teacher told her to always be careful because of these ponies called kidnappers, but whenever she would tell her momma about them, mamma would just laugh. Momma had her get medication every week very late at night. Emerald was always scared of the dark, and she never liked getting the medication. Whenever she told Momma about the kidnappers who steal fillies away at night time, Momma would say that kidnappers only steal stupid fillies. Was Emerald a stupid filly?
“This is what’s going to happen. You see that door behind the bar?” Emerald moved her head to see what door he was talking about. “We are going to go into that dark room and you are going to do whatever I tell you to do.” Emerald’s curiosity sparked immediately as she studied the door. It was very plain. There was no way to see through it as it was just a normal wooden door with a handle and a keyhole. What was back there?
“When can I go home?” Emerald asked, still letting tears fall down her eyes.  
“In a few seconds, Ill introduces you to your new room.”



The door at the library flew open as four ponies jumped at the sudden noise.
“Good heavens!” Rarity exclaimed at the arrival. “Whatever was that for, Twilight?”
“Emerald is in Las Pegasus!” Was all the purple pegasus at the door could get out in between breaths. She stood for a second to try and regain her posture, but was momentarily crippled by the absence of oxygen.
“Las Pegasus!?” The four shouted in unison at the surprising news.
“How in blazes did a little filly get herself all the way to Las Pegasus!?” Apple Jack asked, confused.
“She,” Twilight started, stopping momentarily to catch her breath, “She got on the train.”
“The train? That’s just awful!” Fluttershy exclaimed.
“Twilight, where’s Dashie?” Pinkie asked, noticing that Rainbow was nowhere to be seen.
“She’s on her way to Las Pegasus right now.” Twilight replied.
“How is she ‘on her way’ exactly?” Apple Jack questioned. Twilight hesitated a few seconds before telling. 
“She, uh, is flying there right now.” Twilight said in a defeated voice. The other four ponies were completely shocked to hear this news.
“If Rainbow flies all the way to Las Pegasus, she overexert herself and end up getting hurt!” Fluttershy said in a concerned voice.
“Let’s go! We need to get to the train, and fast!” Twilight commanded. The others agreed and they all followed Twilights lead and galloped behind her.



Rainbow flapped her wings as fast as she could. She kept feeling that at any moment she would release another Sonic Rainboom. Trees passed so fast below her that they only looked like dark shadows. Rainbow Dash kept determined as she thought about Emerald. She was going to find Emerald this time. This time, Emerald’s coming home with her. Safely.