AppleJack tumbled off the end of the dragon's tail for the second time. Only this time, she hadn't had anytime to grab onto the end of his tail. She flailed her hooves in the air. This was it. She couldn't save Rartiy, she'd failed. With her eyes closed, AppleJack had made her last good byes to Equestria. She felt herself falling for quite some time. About a minute later, AppleJack was confused. It shouldn't have taken this long to splat on the ground and she knew she was still in midair. AppleJack waited a little longer, still no utter darkness. AppleJack finally opened her eyes and noticed two pairs of hooves gripping onto her. Blue and yellow hooves wrapped around the airborn earth pony.
“Ah'm mighty thankful of you guys catchin' me, but Ah ain't sure how Ah'm gonna get up there now. That there dragon knows Ah'm tryin' ta climb up there and it'll do anything ta get me off,” AppleJack said sternly. They were only a couple feet from the dragon, there was still a chance AppleJack would be able to catch up. Instead, she sighed. “Maybe y'all should jus' go an save 'er yerselves since ya got wings and all.”
“That would not be okay!” a screaming whisper occurred. “Um, I'm sorry, but that's not okay AppleJack.” The cowpony look towards the yellow hooves and saw the epicenter of the voice was Fluttershy. “Rarity told me a while ago about how she feels for you. I just don't this it would be right if you weren't the one to save her,” Fluttershy said in her usual quiet tone. No matter how soft Fluttershy was at the time, AppleJack was still taken aback by her statement. She hadn't expected that to come from Fluttershy. “And, well, I know you want to save her.” This was what really put AppleJack in line.
“But Ah-”
“No excuses!” Fluttershy cut AppleJack off in a slightly acrid tone. “ I'm sorry but, I know that you want to save her. I see the look in your eyes and it reminds me of somepony else.” The cyan pony who had managed to stay quiet for the most part began to turn a bit scarlet. Fluttershy glanced at Rainbow for a quick second and smiled. “This time you really don't need anypony else to help.”
AppleJack stayed quiet for a couple moments before nodding once more. This was her moment to shine for Rarity. All the things Rarity had ever done for AppleJack added up into this one act of courage. She was the loyalist and most dependable of ponies, and she wasn't about to give that title up now. “Get me to that dragon!” She ordered the two pegasi. Rather than signaling her friends when to let go, she waited until they were right above the dragon's mid-back. This time, AppleJack flung herself straight towards the dragon's spines.
“Haven't you learned your lesson?” the familiar deep voice inquired. AppleJack didn't respond, she was too focused on the problem ahoof. The dragon grunted and began twitching his body again. “I guess you need to learn again.” This time, AppleJack didn't think about slipping or anything, she just ran straight towards to white figure she saw being held in red claws. No matter how much the dragon flung himself around, AppleJack pushed herself to keep her balance. The momentum of her trotting was just enough to keep herself from falling from smaller movements of the dragon. It was a good thing she followed the path made by the dragons scarlet scales, so every time she needed to she could grab on.
Finally, after a sequence of slipping and almost falling, AppleJack had made it to the thick wrist of the dragon. The violet maned unicorn that was being abducted had her eyes shut tightly. AppleJack, who had wrapped all for hooves around the dragon's wrist, scooted up closer to Rarity. It seemed like the dragon no longer knew AppleJack was still aboard.
“Rarity,” AppleJack whispered a bit harsh. At the call of her name, Rarity unclenched her teeth and opened her eyes.
“AppleJack,” Rarity gasped. “I'm ever so sorry for making you go through all of this. I never even wanted for you to know that I-” Her words were lost. Whatever she was apologizing for had no meaning anymore. Rarity liked many things. She liked fancy hats, dresses, jewels, and apples. Now she was tasting apples, and she especially like these apples. The kiss, although short, was everything Rarity could have wished for- it came from AppleJack. “AppleJack, I-I,” the unicorn was speechless. It was as if the whole world had disappeared for the moment when they looked into each other's eyes. Emeralds and sapphires, two of the most popular and beautiful gems. Both ponies were quiet for a while.
Whoosh!
The two mares screamed as the dragon turned swiftly. The shriek rang through the dragon's eardrums. He looked around himself, no pegasus ponies in sight. A grin crept its way upon the ghastly red lips of the monster.
“Looks like I won't be seeing you two around anytime soon,” he said with a deep chuckle. AppleJack and Rarity glanced at each other with fear in their eyes.
“Wait, what are you going to do with u-AAAAAH-” Rarity tried to speak, however, she was a bit occupied in the midst of falling to her doom.
“Rarity!” AppleJack called to her lover. At that very moment the dragon flung his wrist around, causing the tangerine shaded pony to meet the same fate as the falling unicorn. This was it.
A/N; School's almost over so I've got lots more time to work on my stories! Doesn't mean I'm not still lazy though. I'll try to update at least once every other week, but this story is near a close so, yeah. I'd like to thank my commenters because you've pushed me to keep going after that long break. Also, since this is my first fanfic and I'm a lil' tyke, this is pretty awesome :D Still really sorry about the chapter lengths, I'm just creating cliffhangers since I'm a meanie. Accomplishments; More over seven times more likes than dislikes so far and it seems like people are enjoying it, so thanks ^_^