//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: The chase. // Story: Quest of the cool pony // by Eder the cool kid //------------------------------// As the two walked out of the house, Eder asked the little dragon, “Hey Spike. Not trying to be personal or anything but, do you have a crush on that pony?” Spike was shocked, and blushed upon hearing this. “W-What are you talking about?” “Well, you ARE blushing so you MUST have a crush on her.” Said Eder, giving off a smirk. “Oh yeah, but I-I-I’ve always been too nervous to talk about that.” Said Spike as he scratched his head. During their walk, Eder & Spike heard the voice of a mare with Dash Junior. “Ha! Do you really think that you can beat your own sister’s speed?” “Of course I can, I want to be just like her someday!” said Dash Junior, getting a angry with the mare. Spike slapped his hand against his face. “Oh no, not Trixie.” The red alicorn and the purple dragon came up to the other two ponies, interrupting their conversation. “What’s the matter?” Eder asked, curious about the situation. “I’ve kept telling Trixie here over and over that I can beat Dash’s speed record.” Said Dash Junior as he looked at Trixie with a mad expression. Trixie then looked at Eder as they were having their conversation. “So, you’re the new pony around town. Eder, right?” Spike crossed his arms as he spoke to Trixie, “Yeah, he’s the new Pony here, and he’s also Princess Twilight Sparkle’s student.” Trixie laughed for what Spike had to say about the red alicorn. “That pony is Twilight Sparkle’s student? Him?! Eder nodded in response to her question, but it only made Trixie laugh even more. “Hahahahahaha! Oh, don’t make me laugh! How can an alicorn like him be her student? Is he a little Prince? Hahahahahahaha! Well, I guess I HAVE to congratulate you.” “I’m still trying to do my best.” Said Eder, a little annoyed by what Trixie had to say. By the way, what’s your name? Trixie was surprised by what Eder had to say. “Wait what?! You’ve… never heard of me? The Great and Powerful Trixie? “ As the dark blue unicorn was introducing herself, Eder heard something in the distance. He pushed Trixie, Spike, & Dash Jr. on the ground. “Everpony down!” The three ponies and Spike looked up and they saw a Blue Pegasus, full of rage. Eder was shocked from who he saw. “Bolty!” “Hello, enjoying your first day at Ponyville?” said the Pegasus. “Who are you?!” Spike demanded. The Pegasus looked at Spike in anger. “I’m Bolty, one of the Pegasus’ from the Wonderbolt Academy. Or at least I was, because of him!” Bolty pointed to Eder. “Eder?!” said Trixie, Dash Junior, and Spike together. Bolty began to explain his story. “Yeah, one day I was talking to him because I thought he was a disgrace to all alicorns and that nopony would like him because of that. So because of that, he attacked me with magic. I tried to defend myself from the attack by blocking it; however it unintentionally hit the academy, destroying it completely, and Spitfire blamed me for the cause and banned me from ever joining again!” Dash Junior looked worried. “But what are you gonna do with Eder now?” Upon hearing this, he gave Eder the evil eye andtook out a sharp kitchen knife, that made everyone tremble as they looked at the angry Pegasus. “I’M GOING TO KILL HIM FOR CRUSHING MY DREAMS OF BECOMING ONE OF THE WONDERBOLTS!” Eder looked at his reflection in the knife, standing in fear as Bolty pointed the weapon at him, ready to strike. “Hehe, funny story Bolty, but if you excuse me everyone… GOTTA GO!” Using his instincts, Eder grabbed Spike and put him on his back as he ran as fast as he could, as Bolty jumped closer, almost hurting Eder. “Hey, what do you think you’re doing?!” said Trixie, about to use her magic. Dash Junior stood with her. “You should be in prison you psychopath!” Bolty stopped and pointed the knife at them. “Don’t you try and stop me, or you will suffer the same fate!” And so, Bolty began to chase after Eder and Spike. “Help, Bolty is trying to kill me!” yelled Eder as he ran as fast as he could with Spike. Spike looked back at Bolty. “Run faster Eder! He’s catching up and he doesn’t look too happy!” “You don’t think I see that?!” said Eder as he tried running as fast as he could. Just unexpectedly, Eder and Spike bumped into Scootaloo, riding her scooter. Eder? Spike? What are you two doing?” “Scootaloo you gotta help us, Bolty is trying to kill me!” begged Eder as the blue Pegasus was getting closer every second. “And he’s just about caught up with us!!!” yelled Spike, shaking Eder. “Well, you guys can use my this! You can get away faster with it!” The orange pegasi hopped off of her scooter as Eder and Spike hopped on and rode away from Bolty. “Thanks a lot Scootaloo! I owe you!” “We’ll return it if we make it out alive!” said Spike as he wove to Scootaloo. Unfortunately, Eder stumbled upon a rock which caused the scooter to shake, making Spike fall from Eder’s back, but luckily was hanging on the end of Eder’s tail. “Ahhhh! Eder, help me!” Everypony saw Eder and Spike being chased by Bolty. However, even with the speed of the scooter, the blue Pegasus caught Eder and Spike, making them fall from the scoot. With Eder on the ground Bolty walked slowly to him, pointing the knife to his neck. “This is it little red alicorn, your days of troublemaking are over. You made me suffer, so I’m going to give you that same feeling.” Eder was lying on the ground, scared that this was his end. But just as the blue Pegasus was ready to strike, Spike threw a rock at him. “Leave my friend alone! If you mess with him, you mess with me!” Bolty chuckled from the purple dragons actions. “How ridiculous, you’re defending this uslesss pony, HUH?” Upon hearing this, Eder was getting angry. But instead of Bolty killing Eder, he took Spike and prepared to kill him instead of the red alicorn. “No wait, I was joking! Please let me go!” said Spike with fear. “Too late now dragon!” said Bolty, just as he prepared to strike. But before he got the chance, Eder used a magic attack to push Bolty into the air. Eder then took this time to help Spike on his feet before Bolty landed on the ground. “Leave my friend alone you crazy pegasus!” At that moment, one of the royal guards arrived just in time to capture Bolty. “Bolty Cakehole, you are under arrest for causing physical damage to a citizen of Ponyville.” Bolty struggled, hoping he could free himself. But it was too late. “No, you’re not taking me to prison! NO! Oh, Eder you’re gonna pay for this! I swear, YOU WILL PAY!!!” Eder stared at Bolty as he was being dragged away to Canterlot to be put on trial. “I feel bad for doing that to Bolty, but I didn’t want him to kill me.” Spike patted Eder’s hoof to make him feel better. “Don’t worry Eder, it’s okay. All you’re new friends are here to help you.” “Are you sure Spike?” asked Eder as he looked at the eyes of the purple dragon. Spike smiled as he said, “Positively. Now let me just bring Scootaloo’s scooter back to her. I’ll see ya at the castle.”