An ear piercing shriek haunted the sky as the fashionista was being held by the red dragon. It echoed throughout the forest. AppleJack stared at the source of the horrid sound as it moved further and further from her sight. A quiet voice broke her wake, so she turned around to see a yellow pony.
"AppleJack," the pegasus squeaked. "Rainbow Dash and I will get Rarity back, just like the last time when Spike captured her." Rainbow Dash confirmed with a confident nod.
"Don't worry, we'll have her back in te-"
"Ah don't care," the cowpony said frankly. The pegasi returned a blank stare. "Y'all have ta get me up there to that there dragon. That's all Ah want ya ta do." After a somewhat brief exchange of confused looks, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy agreed.
"Alright, we can get you up there, but what are you going to do after that?" Rainbow asked. AppleJack looked back at the ground. She hadn't come up with an answer to that. All she truly wanted to do now was save Rarity. Something about how she'd opened up to her had triggered something in AppleJack. Now, she'd do anything to rescue Rarity.
"What if you fall?" Fluttershy quickly spoke up, tearing AppleJack away from her thoughts once again. "We have to stay there with you, you never know what can happen." Her concerned voice hadn't effected AppleJack at all.
"Get me up there."
xXx
One red dot. Now it was a bit larger. The red object began shaping into a reptile looking thing. It was now clear that the three determined ponies were right on the trail of the pony-napping dragon. This time would be different from all their previous encounters with dragons. They knew how arrogant dragons could be after following Spike on his journey. They also knew this dragon had a grudge match between them. It was always risky for a pony to go face to face with a dragon, but this time was different.
"Now!" AppleJack commanded as they approached the dragons tail. The pegasi carrying her nodded quickly and let go of the earth pony they had been carrying. AppleJack fell for only a couple of seconds before strategically catching on to the swaying tail of the red beast. Once her grip was secured, she carefully climbed along the dragon's back.
Rather than actually standing up on all four to reach the dragon's arms, AppleJack had slid on her stomach while still gripping onto the red dragon's scales. Once AppleJack was up to the middle of the dragon's back, she decided it'd be a good time to stand up and trot the rest of the way. Unfortunately it wasn't the right time. The force of the wind against her tangerine coat was too powerful, causing her trademark stetson to fly off, followed by her hooves slipping. As she tumbled down the dragon's spine, yet another shriek echoed through her ears.
AppleJack wasn't very sure what is was about Rarity that made her so determined to save her, but she knew she had to save her. Of course they were friends and all, so yeah AppleJack would love to save Rarity. However, something else was pushing her to prove something to Rarity. "Because I love you!" But why? Rarity was absolutely stunning, gorgeous, generous, tender, everything opposite of AppleJack. AppleJack was just a simple country pony with no class. She couldn't even live a week in Manehatten. Something about how the polar opposites came together and balanced each other out was nice. When they fixed the dam together during another one of Twilight's episodes, AppleJack did the handy work, while Rarity kept it clean. They were yin and yang, the whole apple pie.
AppleJack was a mere inch from flailing off the dragon's tail before she regained her hold. This time she didn't stand up at all. AppleJack slid along the scales of the dragon and reached his shoulder fairly quick. She grabbed onto his bulging shoulder blade, bad idea. The sensitive spot between the bone and back had been trigger which attracted attention towards AppleJack.
"Oh no you don't!" the beast roared. At that moment, not only the wind was against the earth pony, but so was the object she had to hold onto in order to stay alive. The dragon started swinging back and forth in an attempt to knock AppleJack off. It'd worked too.
A/N; Did I say new update in April? Well, I'm a procrastinator that's why the surprise I mentioned is coming out in the summer. Really sorry about the length of this chapter, I promise the next one will be at least a thousand. Also, its almost over! Finally. I have so many more fanfics that I want to post but I want to finish this first. Thanks for reading though ^_^