Unknown Location
Unknown Time
"Dead... Dashie... I'm right here... Are you sure you weren't dreaming... I know you been having those horrible nightmares and all" The dark blue colt said as he rubbed a hoof on his chin. Dash stared in awe at the figure in front of her.
"No... I wasn't dreaming... Y... You've been dead for fifteen years" Dash said taking a step back. The colt chuckled rolling his eyes.
"Honey... You haven't been alive for more then ten years"
Dash felt the world go black and silent.
'Ten... Years' She thought as she raced to the mirror. She looked at her reflection to see herself as a ten year old filly. She brought a hoof upto her face and rubbed on her cheek.
"I... I... Can't..."
"Can't what?"
"Uh... Nothing... I guess it was a dream... Sorry for worrying you" Dash said trying to fake a smile. The colt gave her an odd look before nodding her off.
"Alrighty then... Dinners done in about an hour" The winged colt said as he walked away leaving the doorway open. Dash continued to stare at the young face before her. She couldn't believe that she was in fact ten years old or that her father was alive.
"Rainbow... Do you know what time it is?" a stern female voice called behind her. She turned to face who it belonged to. A blue female pegasus wearing a red jumpsuit and imposing sunglasses stood at the doorway.
"...Mom"
"WRONG, that's a hundred cloud hops, it's practice time"
"Uh... Oh right..." Dash said as she remembered what her mother made her do every day since she could think.
"Outside, Cloud hops now, and don't forget what happens if I see you stopping" Her mother ordered as dash quickly made herself to the back yard. She was met with a dimming sky on cloudy ground. The sun was setting on left as she saw the shades of orange, purple and blue in the sky. A gust of wind blew past her face sending her mane waving into the sky. The cool air blew past her body like water.
"Rainbow, What are you doing?"
"Starting" Dash said leaving her trance she began to hop up and down alternating between her for forehooves and hindhooves. Her mother sat silently as she was dash go through the exercise.
"I'm... Done" Dash said as she tried to catch her breath. Her mother got up from her seating place.
"Good, Now do speed laps and don't slow down" Her mother ordered. Dash gave a small frown as she hopped up into the air. She began to circle around in the yard slow at first but picking up speed.
"Faster" her mother said. Dash pushed flapping her wings harder.
"FASTER"
Dash pushed more as best she could.
"FASTER!!!"
Dash closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as she dug as much strength as possible and put it into her wings.
"FASTER!!!
Dash dug deeper feeling a burst of speed she flew like a blur past her mother. She felt the air blow past her as she flapped her wings at blinding speeds.
"Stop"
"What?" dash said not hearing the word. She tried to slow down but was going to fast and began to fly uncontrollably. She crashed into the clouded ground sending puffs into the air stopping short of her father walking out the back door.
"... Dinners ready"
Apple farm, House
1:50 Am
"Stay close, Don't want to get... Dirty" Rarity said as she and a whimpering fluttershy crawled through the dark and creaking house. Rarity lead first warning fluttershy of hazards and other things like pools of still wet blood. Fluttershy simply jumped at every moving shadows and odd sound. The two finally came to the split in the house one path to the left and one up the stairs on the right.
"Oh dear..." Rarity said as she looked at both options.
"Wh... What... I...is it... Rar... Rarity" Fluttershy said almost bumping into rarity.
"We have to split up" Rarity said, With a ting of displeasure. Fluttershy looked at rarity with a confused glance before looking at both dark paths.
"S...Split...u..Up?"
"Yes, Split up, I will take the kitchen, You have the upstairs"
"B...But,"
"Now, Fluttershy... Dear I know how you feel about the dark but, Please I need you to suck it... At least this once... please" rarity pleaded, Fluttershy looked away momentarily before returning with a nod.
"Ok"
"Good now that that's settled, We can hurry up and be done with this... I think I stepped in something earlier"
Fluttershy slowly began to ascend the stair case giving a slight whimper each step.
"Fluttershy dear..."
Fluttershy turned to look at rarity,
"Be careful, and let's get home in one piece ok" rarity said giving an assuring smile. Fluttershy couldn't see it but she knew it was there and she nodded before she continued up the stairs with more intensity.
She came to a long hallway lined with doors on either side. She sighed as she moved to the closest one. Raising a hoof she tried the handle, it was locked. With another silent sigh she moved to the next door.
Jiggling the handle, the door popped open with a cringful creak. Silently she pushed the door wider revealing the dark room. She couldn't see much except for the broken window, which gave an oddly cold gust of wind every so often. She also saw a toppled lantern flickering a slight reddish yellow in the corner. Walking into the room she moved closer to the small lantern setting it up right. Taking a piece of cloth she wipped it off, now with more light she looked into the room. Immediately knowing who's it belonged.
"Applejack..." she whispered as she looked over the toppled bedding, and all the haphazardly thrown around junk. Fluttershy walked over to a small pile of things and rummaged around till she found Aj's hat. Frowning as she thought about why Aj wasn't wearing it, she walked over to a nearby mirror. Placing the hat firmly in her head, she made her best applejack impersonation. She giggled as she did so trying to look stern. She took off the hat and stared at it for a few moments.
"Oh, Aj.... Please be ok" Shesaid as a tear rolled down her cheek. She put the hat back on and began to walk out the room. As she neared the door a high pitched scream knocked her into action.
"Rarity!"
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Rarity hid behind the counter knives floating beside her. She heard the angry snarl of her persuer as it got closer. She tried to hold in her whimpers as the persuer jumped onto the very counter she hid behind. She was wedged between the sink counter and the island counter in the center of the kitchen. She looked up to see the crazed granny smith standing barely above her sniffing the air. Rarity held her breath trying not to be noticed by the creature.
"Rarity!" Fluttershy called as she came into the kitchen. Granny smith turned and roar as it lunged at the now appearing fluttershy.
"Fluttershy... NO!" Raritysaid as the world seemed to slow down. Rarity launched the knives full speed at Granny, Fluttershy tried to fly away, as granny lunged for her. The knives impacted the granny in her back as she landed on the yellow pegasus. Fluttershy whimpered as she fell to the ground in a thud. Granny began to drop hooves into her unrelentingly. Rarity quickly wrapped her magic around the crazed earth pony. Sending her flying into a nearby wall. Scrabbling to her hooves rarity ran to fluttershy looking her over.
"Fluttershy, Are you all right?"
"y..yes" Fluttershy said, Coughing up small amounts of blood she raised herself up. Rarity looked her over not seeing anything more then a few bruises she sighed with relief.
"You ok, nothing but a few brui-..." rarity was interrupted as she was sent into the ground. Granny was jamming hooves into rarities side causing the unicorn curl up into a small ball to keep from getting hit. Rarity lit her horn trying to stop the crazed pony from attacking any further but couldn't concentrate with the onslaught of strikes.
Fluttershy scooted silently away watching in horror as granny beat on her friend. She tried to moved to help but her fear kept her away and at bay. She looked into rarities eyes as they filled with tears.
"Help me..." she whispered. Almost instantaneously fluttershy hopped to her hooves and walked over to granny. Grabbing the old pony by the necks he slammed it into the counter behind them. The wooden top cracked with the impact as the crazed old pony flailed its legs into the air.
"YOU. NEVER. HURT. MY. FRIENDS." Fluttershy roar with bloodlust as she slammed granny into the table once more. Granny roared again as she tried to bite the enraged pegasus.
"NO. BITING!!" Fluttershy said as she turned launching granny into the next room. The old pony landed and skidded with a thud and several tumbles. Fluttershy watched to see if it come back. After a few moments she turned to look over rarity. Rubbing her hooves in a caring manner she checked her body.
"Nothing, a broken rib, but... You'll be fine..." Fluttershy whispered.
"Thank you, And remind me not to get you mad" Rarity said as both mares simply giggled quietly. Fluttershy picked up rarity by the hood and looped it over her neck. slowly they hobbled out of the house. Setting rarity down in the grass in front of the house. Rarity didn't complain but she did give the occasional grunt as she was lowered.
"Rest," Fluttershy said as she sat next to rarity.
"Wh...What if... She comes back" Rarity said worriedly. Fluttershy sighed as she thought about it.
"I... I don't know" Fluttershy said looking to the sky.
"I Don't know"
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Authors note:
Not to proud of this chapter, so im going to be editing and changing alot of it, also for those who dont know, i edited and redid Ch. 2
now its longer, more detailed, and less grammitically incorrect, flip back over and check it out