Twilight and Pinkie had pretty much given up at this stage.
They where both stood in the middle of town, with both frowns upon their faces. Not once did they see, hear or smell (that was Pinkies idea) of a cloaked pony around town. All seemed lost.
"Pinkie... I think we lost him. I'm sorry" Twilight admitted.
Pinkie looked towards the ground sadden that all her effort was for nothing. Worse still was the feeling that she didn't make a pony laugh, but did in fact make a pony cry. She began to walk back to the café, twilight right behind her. Twilight thought of trying of cheering her friend up. But then thought against it, it just might make it worse. Not a word was said on that long walk back.
They reached the door to the café and walked inside. Pinkie made her way for the stairs leaving Twilight downstairs to figure out what to do next. It didn't help her that she too felt sad and in some way to blame for her friends suffering. She was an element bearer, and so was Pinkie so anything that affected one of the bearers did have a nock on affect on the others. Right now she felt it, worst of all there was just nothing to do. She sat down at one of the tables and just let her head drop onto the table. It let out a loud thud , but no pony around really took notice.
What am I going to do?,' she thought to herself. 'Pinkie is one of my best friends, and I've let her down. What kind of pony am I, if I cant even help my best friend?'. She let out a huff on the table. Her mind trying to find a way to search for the pony.
A simple scribing spell wont work, she doesn't even know the pony's name. She tried expanding her search using the CMC which also didn't work. Using wanted posters would be too slow. She would just have to hope that this all blows over, problem is pinkie tends to hang onto things. For the next 20 minutes she tried to come up with a plan, playing them out then deciding they wont work. As time went on ponies came and went, while the lavender unicorn just sat there frozen in time. But all of that was going to change, right now in fact.
From the door a group of ponies rushed in slamming the door wide open, then closing it immediately after. Twilight came out of her mind and looked at the group in awe. All of them seemed to be scared and jumpy, like they had all just saw a Ursa Major in town. One of them an earth yellow coat and white mane stallion, saw twilight and practically leapt over to her. Now twilight was just as frightened at what was going to happen next.
"Twilight, thank Celestia your here!" The frantic pony shouted, which pretty much made Twilight deaf. "There is a vampire pony, here! In Ponyville!"
Twilight only registered the words 'Vampire' and 'Pony' before a whole flashback of a plan came to her. In a split second she flipped the table they where sat at and launched herself at the pony. Pinning him to the chair.
"Just tell me where, when and which direction did he go!?" She demanded. The pony now was scared of her, never mind the vampire in town.
"Erm..."
"WHERE IS HE!?"
"That way... please don't hurt me" He let hoof shakily point in the rough direction he went.
Twilight let go of her hostage and made a mad dash for the door. She burst through it but immediately skidded to a halt. Sat in front of her was Pinkie, who had some how got out the café. Was sat amongst the running ponies, waiting for Twilight.
"Pinkie? Wha-How?" Twilight began to ask, but instead of an answer she just got;
"No time to explain, silly billy. C'mon we have a pony to rustle!" Pinkie said, brining a rodeo hat out very similar to AJ's and a rope.
He flew as hard as he could, the beauty of bat ponies was they could not fly as fast as a Pegasus but could accelerate faster due to having more power in their wings. So quickly he was at top his top speed but just as he was reaching the outskirts of the town a he felt something wrap around his left hoof, he looked to see a rope in a purple aura tighten around him and drag him straight back down to the ground.
CRASH
Light fell straight from the sky and had landed in another stall full of carrots. Luckily it didn't hurt that much but he couldn't say much for the stall he had landed in, that was a complete write off. He looked down to his hoof to find the rope still tied around him. He put two and two together and let his eyes follow the rope to the other end. At the other end he saw who had taken him from the sky. Before him stood a very determined purple unicorn and a springy pink earth pony. Fear shook through him when he saw the pink pony, he recognised her instantly even with the new hat on.
"Woo! Nice throw Twilight!" She praised to her friend, who he now knew her name was Twilight.
Twilight didn't take no notice of her friend but merely put down the rope that was in her magic. She had a look of worry on her face when she looked at Light Bite. After all he had just dragged a pony from the sky who had just destroyed Carrot tops stall and still looked petrified.
In one quick move The downed pony scrambled to his hooves in terror and galloped down a side street still with the rope attached to him.
Light wasn't sure what to even do now. He just got up and started running. Never had he came across a unicorn like this before. Yes of course he had dealt with unicorns, but none like this Twilight before. She had managed to take him out of the sky with a good level of accuracy and with some strength. Most unicorns cant even do that level, plus the looks she gave did not help.
Now he was running for his life, not even realising the rope was still attached to him. As he was running he felt the same hoof give under him. He fell and tumbled forward into a mess. When he looked at what had happened he saw the same ponies running after him. He only had a few seconds to react, he bit off the rope with his fangs and got up to keep running.
He just kept going and going, turn after turn but he could not shake off his pursuers. He had no Idea where he was going as he could see where each street lead with all the buildings around. That's when it hit him, he had wings. huh, Forgot I had those He chuckled in his mind. He could easily make an escape with these wings.
He spread out his wings but just as he flapped downwards to get some lift. A huge pain Went straight through his wings. He howled in pain even tumbled as he ran, which just caused more pain on his wing. He realised what he had done in the crash'Dammit! I've busted my wing!'. But he had no choice but to keep running and pray that he find the outside of the town. If he could get into that forest he saw when he came here he would be safe.
Mean while, behind chasing after him where Twilight and Pinkie running after the bat winged pony. Well Twilight was galloping while pinkie seemed to be skipping at a very fast pace.
They had just passed the centre of Ponyville, next to the water fountain. When Twilight saw the bat pony howl out in pain. Clearly she had damaged his wing when she had brought him down from the sky. She winced at the scream but ahead she saw him get up and just keep on going. 'Thank Celestia, she thought 'I thought I seriously hurt him then'. She could probably help heal him wing with a simple healing spell if not the hospital would be able to. But first, she would have to catch him.
Ahead of the chase Light managed to get back onto the main street back at the marketplace. Somehow he had managed to do a complete circle and was back where this all started. He stopped for a second to think, he did have a good lead on them but now the pair behind where closing in, fast.
"Think Bite, think!" He looked around for anything that might help. He spotted a sign that read 'lake' and decided to use that. Maybe the lake would lead to the forest but the very least it would get him out of the streets. He dashed for the stalls using them as obstacles to slow his pursuers down and gain back the lead. As a filly he lived in a forest so galloping and leaping through trees was easy, so this was no different to him.
Behind him his pursuers saw which direction where he was going. They had gained some ground when he halted at the sign, but that just gave away his intentions.
"He's heading...for the...lake Pinkie!" Twilight shouted between pants. She may of done the running of the leaves but not at this speed.
Before pinkie could even confirm what she heard another voice cropped up beside her. "What in tarnation are y'all doing chasing that creepy pony!?" Applejack shouted. She had a feeling she would be needed with this incident so as soon as she made sure the fillies where safe at the farm, she galloped all the way back to find Twilight and Pinkie tailing the said pony.
"He's not creepy meany," replied the pink mare "He's a bat pony, a rare type according to twilight! Am I right Twilight?"
"Uh... yeah, Applejack that pony is not a monster but a rare type of pony called a thestrial, also known as a bat pony"
"A what now?" Applejack questioned "Please don't tell me this is one of your spells gone bad again Twi? Ah really don't want another Flutterbat incident"
"No, no! That was different Urgh!, Ill explain later jets help us!"
With a extra burst of speed Applejack accelerated closer towards her target. She leaped and dodged all the stalls that he had left the other two still stuck in but she had lived on her farm and done the iron pony challenge too many times.
Light Bite took another look behind him only to see in his whole horror the pony that he had just tried to kiss was now running towards him. He even almost fell over with shock, at this rate shell be on top of him in no time. He started to make his hooves work overtime but he knew at this pace it wont be long till he ran out of energy, if only his wings where working now.
The cow pony behind him saw her opportunity to end this quickly. She grabbed a rope that was hanging off one of the stalls and began to swing it in her mouth. But before she could let the rope fly true a sudden blue flash flew past her. "I got this!" Was all she could get out. She knew who it was, Rainbow dash. 'Bout time girl!' she said to herself, with Rainbow dash and Applejack in pursuit there was no was no way Light could get away now.
Up ahead Light kept o running but just beside him a blue Pegasus seemed to slowly pull up beside him. At first he thought it was just normal and continued running but then realised how in tarterus she was there? The she was a light blue mare with rainbow mane doing the back flight "Hey slow poke," She spoke in her tomboy tone "How about you slow down a little and we can all do this the easy way?" His response was pretty clear, he made a immediate turn back towards the town.
"Good, hard way it is then"
She set off in tail of him, but he had a plan. All he had to do was get to the spot and he would surely loose her. He took turn after turn making it harder for her to catch up with him again. Through alleyways and tight bends, Rainbow had to slow herself down in order to turn. She could of just flew up and followed him from above, but where is the fun in that? Rainbow loved a challenge anyway to show she was the best flyer.
After a few more turns Light saw exactly what he was looking for, the town hall. Specifically the streamers that where high in the air. Not a risk at all to any earth pony or unicorn, but to a low flying Pegasus? He made a mad dash forward keeping her behind him fixated only on him. Rainbow made the turn behind him and was getting real mad now. "Time to finish this!" Famous last words.
In one massive surge she raced towards the pony in front, in complete tunnel vision she didn't notice her mistake. A massive tug came to her wing, like some pony had grabbed her mid flight. This sent her off course slightly but into the path of other streamers. In a massive reaction, she was caught up in a web of streamers and couldn't move her wings to adjust her course. She went hurtling towards the ground into some of the stalls like a confetti meteor.
Light, heard the impact behind him, knowing his plan had work. But he did have the decency to slow down and check his pursuer was okay. It was a nasty fall after all. He saw a hoof emerge from the wreckage and she dragged herself out coughing from all the kicked up dust. She seemed okay and alive, so he carried on running at full speed. He wasn't out of the woods yet, Applejack was still on to him.
Behind him the farmpony kept Light in her sights. To her it was just like herding cows, you just got to keep your distance before you can go in for the strike. So she kept all of her energy for when they where out in the open, then she would make her move. Light bite was well aware through that she was behind him. 'Why of all ponies did it have to be her? Why did I have to go and try to kiss her? what have I done now!?' he said in his mind. His fear for his life started to turn to anger at himself at how stupid he could of been and now he was doing just the same thing as he had done in the other towns. Fillydelphia, Balimare even Horseshoe bay, he had to make his quick escape when ponies found out what he was. Seeing and opening leading to outside the town, Light shook out of his autopilot and headed straight for the woods. He heard of the dreaded stories of the Everfree forest, if he could make it there he would surely loo...
"Hey! Bat colt!" He suddenly heard from behind him. Before he could even turn his head he felt a massive impact to his right flank. Sending him off balance and tumbling to the ground. Applejack saw her opportunity and took all her energy to close the gap and then use her body to knock him off his hooves. Light Bite screamed in pain as he landed.
SNAP
Hitting his damaged wing on the ground then all his weight fell on it. If it was just a minor injury then, it sure was a serious one now.
He stopped tumbling and instinctively tried to hold his injured wing, he felt pain all over him, but the wing was the worst. Applejack now stood in front of him once the dust had settled. Staring at him in victory, but when she saw him in pain she felt sympathy for him. She didn't say anything just felt... guilt.
Light gritted his teeth and just growled at the pain. He was no doctor but he knew this was bad. He was seriously injured and vulnerable. And all but injured by the earth pony he just fell in love with in a few minutes ago.
He looked up to see her just staring at him, but she had no emotion on her face. What now? Was she going to beat him, take him to the local police? He could not tell, no answer was in those emerald eyes of hers.
"Are you..." before Applejack could finish light leapt to his hooves and tried to barge past her. But the earth pony was too strong for him and she merely pushed back, sending him to the ground again. "Hey! What y'all tryin to run away for!?" She demanded. Light just merely sat in the dirt trying to get back on his hooves, but he was struggling. He had used up his sugar and was starting to go into shock thanks to his wing. He felt weak, instinct however told him he had to get away, NOW.
"Hey, you stay right there. Your hurt, I don't know exactly what you are, but you need to stay down... Hold on wait!"
But that was it. He had finally passed out.