Was that a dream? Or was Rainbow Dash hallucinating? She felt that punch really deep, however... She lit another candle because the one that lit before was extinguished. She looked deeply inside the house of Fluttershy's. The rusty and a little iron flavoured smell surrounded the room. Rainbow Dash coughed "Ugh, what kind of a smell is this?". She shivered and continued her way on searching. She needed to focus on her job. Finding Fluttershy and make sure if she is okay or not. Suddenly, she heard a "bump" from upstairs. She decided to go up and with slow and quite moves she entered to Fluttershy's bedroom. Suddenly a critter escaped from under the bed of Fluttershy's. The smell got more and more stronger and deeper. She noticed some shadows... Some of them big and some of them were small. She tried to get closer to them. With a sudden gasp Rainbow Dash dropped the candle from her mouth. The pets of Fluttershy's... They were all dead. The iron smell must be the smell of animals' bloods. They were all bitten and eaten. Rainbow Dash screamed and escaped from the house and headed back to camp.
"Ugh girls, have you seen Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, anywhere?" said Rarity while folding the glittery blankets of hers and others. Everybody stopped packing up.
"Why?" said Pinkie Pie. "Aren't they in the tent?" she continued with an unsure and a little doubtful voice.
"No. I checked them. They are not here, but their belongings are here...". Rarity said and shrugged.
"That is weird. If they are not in the tent, and their belongings are here this means they did not go to home... Maybe they are lost." said Twilight Sparkle with a little questioning mind.
"Or maybe captured?" said Pinkie Pie with a gasp and fainting.
"Not helping Pinkie Pie..." said Apple Jack with a little worried voice.
"What? I am talking about possibilities here...." continued Pinkie Pie.
Rainbow Dash flew too hard that she even forgot the pain that her wing cost to her. Soon she identified four little ponies and landed near them. "Where is Fluttershy? Did she return? Is she ok? You won't believe what happened to her house. All the critters... Ugh..." Rainbow Dash was speaking so fast and she was breathless because of flying too fast.
"Am afraid, we did not see her. I thought you were together. What happened to her pets, darling?" asked Rarity while zipping the case of hers.
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and "Dead." she said. Everyone gasped. "They were all bitten. The sharpness of the teeth of the monster must be too sharp so with one bite it destroyed them all. And flew away."
Everyone gasped and started to panic. Rarity fainted and Applejack was trying to help her. Twilight came to front by shivering a little and said "Applejack you help Rarity and follow us back, Pinkie Pie we will check some more clues in Ponyville, and Rainbow Dash because you are the only pegasi here, search a flying creature and it would be easier to notice from a top view...".
Rainbow Dash nodded and turned back and got ready to fly but than she suddenly stopped and turned back... With a little unsure voice she said "How will we going to meet up, if one of us see something."
Suddenly Pinkie Pie laughed and said "Of course, with my party confetti silly.". I just designed it. When it blows up it will make a huge rainbow firework and which we will notice and come towards to the pony who needs help or who find out something! Here I will give you all one. Twilight as we will be together i will keep just one for us". Pinkie continued and Twilight nodded.
"Great idea Pinkie, oh shoot, she just found the right time to faint. Don't worry sugar cubes i will get them back to our houses, don't worry." said Applejack with a little tired voice.
Rainbow Dash nodded again and flew away. Breeze was faster than it was, sun was hotter than it was and hope was less than it was. Where was Fluttershy, and also what was that monster and why did it warn her? With those thoughts Rainbow Dash could not concentrate so she decided to take a little break on a cloud.
"Thanks Mrs. Cupcake, and please come to my tree house if you see Fluttershy or a creature..." said Twilight smiling and left the shop of Mr and Mrs Cupcake. "Ugh!" said Twilight coming to Pinkie while looking down hopelessly... "No signs, no Fluttershy... I just can't understand what is going on.".
Pinkie gave her a little cupcake and said "Everything will be fine. Alright Twilight, I Pinkie Promise, I Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye, that I will find Fluttershy.
"Really?" asked Twilight with a little hopeful voice. Pinkie Pie nodded and managed to give her the cupcake. Twilight, with her magic levitated the cupcake and she was about to eat but she heard a sudden scream.
"TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! You... You can't believe what i witnessed!" said a little purple dragon rushing towards to the purple and pink ponies.
"Spike, you alright? What happened?" asked Pinkie Pie.
Spike was so terrified and scared and he could barely speak. "I... I just... Went... To... Camp! Go to the camp!". With a sudden rush Twilight and Pinkie started their way back to the place where they had camp. The trees, the bushes, the rocks all were obstacles to them. They pushed themselves so hard though they fell a lot.
"Twilight, i think we are lost." said Pinkie Pie.
Rainbow Dash decided to search more. While she just flew and turn her side to Sweet Apple Acres she just noticed something. The roads were bloody. She just followed the blood laying through a tree. Step by step she got closer and heard some noises. Soon she identified the sound. Something or someone was snoring.
She got closer and closer to the tree but suddenly she heard a noise. A sudden explosion... The firework! "My friends, they found something. I need to hurry." she said to herself and flew away.
"Really, Pinkie?" asked Twilight. "We could just use that firework for a better reason. You, however just wasted it."
Pinkie Pie smiled and said "Nope, don't worry at least one of our friends will come and save us." Suddenly with a bush sound Twilight turned back and saw a white pony coming towards them. Soon, it turned into a zebra.
Zecora appeared and came closer to them with a little worried look. "Are you two fine cause I heard a sudden explosion close to here when i was eating pine.". Twilight was so glad to see Zecora and she told everything with details. "Don't worry it is too early to say goodbye, with a pony like that much shy... Come to my hutt lets walk, cause this place is too hot to talk.". Pinkie nodded and all three started to walk to there hutt.
Rainbow Dash, still unsure the exact place of the firework, was searching her friends. A little in panic, she was checking every inch of Everfree Forest. Though it is big, she was certain not to give up and look more. Nothing but trees, rocks, some rare animals, poisinous flowers and plants and bloods... Bloods? Rainbow Dash just reacted normal to bloods because it was her third time witnessing this. She just lowered her distance between the ground and safely landed. With a sudden glamour, something shiny disturbed her eyes... It was Rarity's blankets! She got closer to them and saw the place where they had fun yesterday. Laughing, telling stories, eating marshmallows and even the funniest part scaring friends. Rainbow Dash sat on a wood and started to cry slowly. "Where are you Fluttershy, without you i feel empty..." . She just gave herself and she just lost herself and fallback from the wood which she was sitting on. She fell but not on a ground. She felt something nothing grassy but a little hairy.
"This green tea is so nice..." said Twilight Sparkle.
"It is made by something pure, which is also used as a strong cure.". said Zecora while filling the second cup of Pinkie Pie's.
"So do you know the place where we camped yesterday, or can you guess? By the way this tea is DELICIOUS!!!".
Zecora with a little irritated "Pinkie Pie keep it lower, tell me if there were a colourful flower?.". Twilight stood up "I remember, there were some light blue flowers.". Zecora went to her little library and took a book out and showed two pictures to Twilight. "This one or that one?". Twilight thought and looked carefully and showed the flower image which was on the left. Zecora nodded and said "Blue powder releaser Ice Bloom, which makes you gloom, i know the place, so let's follow the trace. " said Zecora and they got out from the hutt.
With a little worried voice, after couple of hours searching, Zecora said "Wow, i can't bare... These flowers must be rare.". The sun was going down and it was getting darker. Pinkie Pie started to get afraid and tremble.
Twilight noticed her behaviors and said "Don't worry Pinkie, stick with me, if we won't find any marks we will return but I really wonder what Spike mentioned. And we really have to check it out.".
Pinkie with a little disappointed " I know right, i sometimes just want to close my eyes and wish to find Fluttershy so that everything be safe and sound. Where is Zecora?". They both just stopped.
Zecora was gone... Soon they heard Zecora's scream. It was coming from somewhere so close. They rushed and suddenly stopped. They noticed Zecora who was held by a shadow between some trees. They started to run towards them.
This hairy thing. It was soft as first Rainbow Dash fell on it. The air just got the same odor of smell he smelt in Fluttershy's hutt. She was so scared to turn back and look. She tried to stand up and looked back. First she just did not understand but than she noticed that the thing lying on the floor in blood.
Twilight with a sudden magic spell attacked on to the shadow and shadow yelled and ran toward Twilight but Pinkie acted fast and threw a pie in the creature's face. It looked like a dog in yellow color. With this she also opened the torch she brought to her and saw her runaway. They both saw something they would maybe never forget. The dog it had a three pink butterfly marks on its butt. "Fluttershy!" they both said by looking to each other. "What happened to you!?". They went back to check Zecora but it was too late the thing they saw, nothing but a bitten throat and a dead zebra covered with blood. They both hugged each other and started to cry.
Rainbow Dash started to cry, the body that belonged to a person she know for many times. She just lost her. "Rarity, what happened to you!" she said and started to cry more and more. Soon she heard a scream. From somewhere which was close. The sound was familiar. "Zecora?" Rainbow Dash said. With tears she rushed to the place where the sound came from.
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