Faster and faster Soarin ran cursing under his breath Spectrum breaking his wings as he ran towards Whitetail Woods following Rainbow's screams.
As he got to the boarder of the clearing in the center of the woods he now saw what Rainbow must of seen earlier.
All the children were inside knocked out but in the protection of the Shadowbolts, in the background he saw cages obviously where they were housed before the Shadows went in to help, and in the middle Rainbow Dash lying on the ground shaking a bit smoke coming off of her fur, and Nightmare Moon blowing at her horn to cool it off.
Not knowing the situation, but that he'll get attacked too if he went in there, Soarin stayed on the outside edge of the clearing amongst the trees and watched.
***
In the clearing Nightmare Moon had just let up on her attack on Rainbow Dash, leaving her to shake with pain as fears began playing in front of her eyes, the tips of her mane and tail starting to go white.
"RAINBOW!" Scootaloo cried rushing forward only to be held back by Spectrum who looked just as worried.
"Scootaloo, listen to me..." Spectrum whispered in her ear eyes focused on to a point into the trees.
"NO DADDY, LET ME GO!" she cried kicking and buzzing her wings trying to get to her big sister.
"Scoots this is important," he tried again turning her to the trees nodding to them telling her to look.
Although upset that her father and no one else is doing anything to get to Rainbow, Scootaloo did what he wanted and was surprised to spy Soarin looking into the garden his eyes wide, showing he could see it.
"Now," Spectrum began slightly louder so the others could hear as well, "In a moment, I'll distract her, giving you all time to get these foals out of here. Soarin will lead you out and help you I'm sure. Scootaloo stay with him and no matter what, don't look back, or return here. Understand?"
After getting nods and Scootaloo had calmed down, Spectrum let her go and stood tall calling out.
"I bet you can't get me Nightmare Moon," he said strongly.
"Well at least now I know where Rainbow gets her spirit from," Nightmare Moon replied a 'I don't care either way' look on her face. "But I assure you Captain, I am the most powerful being that has ever been in Equestria."
"If that's so, why did you have such trouble getting ponies to notice you and your nights?" Spectrum asked leaping into the air avoiding Nightmare's shots of anger and hatred, looking down to see if his Shadowblots were doing as told.
"See?" he asked after she had stopped shooting seeing she wasn't getting anywhere. "Not one scratch. And you call yourself powerful." he said diving to avoid another blast, making him land, quickly he looked over to Rainbow, more of her hair was now white, but he could tell she was fighting it.
"Since when Captain..." Nightmare Moon began extending her wings "Did you stop honoring me as your Princess?"
"Since I learnt the truth about you," Spectrum Dash said looking her in the eyes, wings twitching in case he needed to get into the air again. "Since I learnt that you're nothing but a witch who wanted attention, but asked for it the wrong way. Since you stole Scootaloo and the other foals, and attacked Rainbow right in front of my eyes!" he said breathing hard now as he charged right for her.
~~~*~~~
In Rainbow Dash's head, it felt like she was in the middle of the biggest nightmare ever.
All around her, there were screens showing her fears, and every now and again she could hear her friends and family screaming out to her in pain.
On one screen, she saw her friends lying dead, blood everywhere. Another one she saw her self a few years on from now her wing not able to heal enough to support her meaning she could no longer fly. The next one showed Scootaloo growing up and never earning her Cutie-Mark.
And it just kept going on like that.
"Rainbow," something called out.
"These are just illusions. There not real."
Rainbow listened to what the voice was saying, and slowly got up and bucked each screen until they shattered, showing that she wasn't afraid of anything they showed her.
"That's it," she heard again getting confident and feeling stronger "Now wake up and help your dad stop Nightmare Moon."
'But what if we can't beat her?' Rainbow asked looking around trying to find who was speaking to her. 'What if something happens to us that means...'
"Rainbow" the voice said making her spin around to try and find the owner "You are the best Shadowbolt in the team. If anyone can stop that witch, it will be you and your dad. Trust me."
'Who are you?' Rainbow asked giving up on trying to find the pony in question.
"A friend."
~~~*~~~
In the garden, Nightmare Moon was getting tired that she wasn't getting anywhere with stopping Spectrum, and because she was so focused on him, had not noticed the rest of the team slip away, or that Rainbow was waking up her mane and tail now completely white and her hooves had began to turn, but other than that she was still her natural color.
Rainbow not caring the slightest how she looked at the moment quickly looked around to see where Scootaloo and the others had gone checking that they were safe, before slowly getting up on trembling legs, giving herself a bit of a shake, and ran headfirst into Nightmare Moon who was just about to shoot a beam of magic at Spectrum.
"Rainbow!" Spectrum called and went over to see her and check she was alright after she knocked Nightmare away from him.
Nightmare Moon was surprised at what it was that got her.
"How are you awake already?" she asked eyes turning to slits and fangs showing "And how are you not weakened by my spell?"
"I can't give an answer to either of those questions Moon-Butt, because I'm not sure myself," Rainbow said eyes on her in case she tried something. "But what I am sure of," she said looking her in the eye standing tall next to her dad "Is that somehow, someway, we will destroy you."