Minus One - A MLP:FIM Fan Fiction

by RedZobe


Chapter 1

This is my first fan fiction. So please, no troll comments please.


“Were are we going?” asked Sweetiebelle.

“You'll see.” Scootaloo replied.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were once again on another adventure to find there talents. The trio were walking in a dense forest on the outskirts of Ponyville. The tall trees blocked out a majority of the sunlight, the twigs snapped as they walked through the ever winding path of the forest. The birds chirped and whistled as they strolled along. Scootaloo spotted something in the distance and raised a hoof to stop Applebloom and Sweetiebelle, but Sweetiebelle was too busy looking at the trees, and collided into Applebloom. They both fell over in a puddle of mud.

“Watch were yer goin'!” Applebloom scolded.

“Sorry, Applebloom.” Sweetiebelle apologised.

“Look guys!” Scootaloo shouted “Over there; look!”

Applebloom and Sweetiebelle walked over to Scootaloo. The three spotted a old coach up on the hill. Only the roof of the coach could be seen, as the hill blocked out most of the view.

“C'mon guys, lets check it out!” Scootaloo shouted and galloped up the steep hill. Sweetiebelle and Applebloom followed in suite.

At last they arrived at the top of the bank and the full identity of the coach was revealed. There were two more coaches coupled up to it. They were all rusty, and the paintwork was beginning to chip off. Suggesting from there condition, they hadn't been used for a long time. A fence blocked anyway of them getting to the coaches.

“Hold on a sec guys, I'll try and find a way in!” Scootaloo chirped and walked up the fence.

Sweetiebelle observed the derelict coaches.

“It looks creepy just looking at them.” Sweetiebelle said.

“Ah' agree to. Celestia knows what they were used for” Applebloom replied.

“Passenger trains, obviously. There not called coaches for no reason.” Sweetiebelle said, rolling her eyes.

Applebloom spotted Scootaloo running back to them, with a grin on her face.

“I found a way in guys, follow me!” Scootaloo gleefully said and the trio followed her.

They followed her to a broken section of the fence. There was a small hole. Scootaloo struggled through it and was on the other side.

“C'mon guys, what are you waitin' for” Scootaloo happily said.

“Scootaloo, Miss Cheerilee said that we shouldn't play on the railway, its dangerous and we could get hurt.” Sweetiebelle firmly said.

“Well said, I'm not going in.” Applebloom sternly said.

Scootaloo looked disappointed.

“There is not another train coming anytime soon. We'll just have a quick look, and then we'll leave, no one will notice.” Scootaloo said.

Applebloom and Sweetiebelle walked to a tree and had a small discussion. After that, they went back to Scootaloo, there minds made up.

“Just five minutes, and five minutes only.” Sweetiebelle said.

Scootaloo jumped excitedly, buzzing her wings at the same time.

“Great! C'mon, lets go!” Scootaloo excitedly said and began running to the end coach.

Applebloom and Sweetiebelle struggled through the hole in the fence and followed after her. They soon arrived at the first coach. Scootaloo climbed up and tried to open the door, but it was firmly shut. Scootaloo thought for a moment, and then came up with an idea.

“Is there anyone in the forest?” Scootaloo asked.

Applebloom looked into the forest. No one was there.

“All clear.” Applebloom replied.

Scootaloo punched the window and it shattered to pieces. The sound of glass shattering echoed through the forest. Sweetiebelle froze on the spot and looked around to see if anyone had sawn them.

“It's OK Sweetiebelle, there ain't nopony round that can hear us.” Applebloom comfortably said.

“I've changed my mind, I wanna go back on the other side.” Sweetiebelle quickly said.

“But we agreed on five minutes. C'mon Sweetiebelle, look, there's no pony out there that can see us. And just think, we might, just might, get our cutie marks in exploration!” Scootaloo said.

Sweetiebelle thought for a moment.

“OK then.” Sweetiebelle said “I'll stay.”

“That's the spirit!” Applebloom said, patting her on the back.

Scootaloo quickly brushed off any sharp remaining pieces of the glass and jumped in the coach. She bucked at the door and it flung open, startling Applebloom and Sweetiebelle.

“Ha ha! Scared you!” Scootaloo laughed.

“Very funny.” Applebloom grumbled.

Sweetiebelle and Applebloom climbed up the stairs and into the coach. Scootaloo closed the door and they looked down the coach. It was a mess. The wallpaper was peeling off, the information papers were on the floor, or ripped, tables were overturned or missing legs and a broken chair was in the corner.

“It looks dangerous.” Sweetiebelle said.

Scootaloo ignored her and walked up the coach. Applebloom and Sweetiebelle followed. The floorboard creaked as the trio slowly walked down the coach. Sweetiebelle constantly looked at the window into the forest, always having the feeling that they were being followed. They walked past broken pieces of tables, chairs and other stuff. At last, they reached the end of the coach. They went back the way they came and went to the second coach. Scootaloo repeated what she did to gain entry on the first coach and they entered the second coach.

“Is five minutes up already?” Applebloom said unnervingly.

“Stop panicking. No pony can see us.” Scootaloo said calmly.

The second coach was in the same condition as the second, everything broken. They walked down the coach and reach the end of it. They left the coach and went to the third. Scootaloo broke the window and opened it from the inside. Applebloom and Sweetiebelle entered. This coach was different. The tables were flipped upside down, graffiti was on the walls, all the windows were smashed, the chairs were all over the place and this coach had a sense that the other hadn't. The sense of fear.

“Party coach or what?” Scootaloo sarcastically said, walking up the coach.

The three walked to the very end of the coach and came to the door on the right. On the right was the mainline, and trains here went as fast as 90 mph on this section.

“OK, we've seen them all, lets go.” Applebloom said quickly.

“I wanna see the other side!” Scootaloo shouted. “We might find something interesting!”

“But you promised-” Applebloom was cut short by Scootaloo smashing down the door.

“I think we better go.” Sweetiebelle said in a worried way.

“Well, you two stay there, and keep an eye out for anyone, OK?” Scootaloo said.

Applebloom and Sweetiebelle agreed. Scootaloo peeked on the up track, then peeked on the down track.

“Here goes nothing!” Scootaloo said, and jumped out of the coach.

Scootaloo had no idea, that what she had done, would be the worst decision she would ever make, and her last one. What happened next happened very quickly, but it would scar Applebloom and Sweetiebelle for the rest of their lives... As Scootaloo jumped, a train from the left sped past...and hit Scootaloo.