//------------------------------// // Rescue Party // Story: Megan the Adventurer // by Catrina37 //------------------------------// Ch. 4: Rescue Party Back in Ponyville, Twilight and her friends come back from helping their manticore friend get ready for hibernation. “I hope he has enough food for winter,” Twilight says. “I'm sure he does, Twilight,” Applejack says. "Yay! We gathered so much food, he has an entire mountain in his cave! He could invite his friends over for a slumber party!" Pinkie says with giddiness. "You're right about that, Pinkie Pie," Twilight giggles. Out of nowhere, Magellan drops down from the sky and caws in panic, scaring the friends. Fluttershy pets and holds him to calm him down. “It’s okay,” she whispers while petting his head, “Now tell me what’s wrong. Slowly.” Magellan caws to Fluttershy, shocking her to the point of a gasp when she hears what he is saying. "Fluttershy? What did he say?" Rarity asks with concern. “Megan and Rainbow Dash are in trouble! They’ve been captured by Ahuizotl in Appleloosa!” Fluttershy says in panic. “Oh no!” Pinkie Pie exclaims. Magellan suddenly caws to Fluttershy, explaining more about what's happening. "Daring Do needs our help too! She got trapped in a cave by a rockslide, and Megan is being forced to lead Ahuizotl to her!" Fluttershy says in panic. “Oh dear! We better get to the train right now!” Rarity says. “We can't do that!” Applejack says, “It’ll take a day to get to Appleloosa! And by the time we get there, we'll be too late!” “There may be a way to get there faster, but we have to get to the castle,” Twilight says as they and Magellan rush back to the Castle of Friendship. **** IInside the castle, Twilight magically makes the cutie map appear. “Starlight has shown this spell to me a while back,” Twilight explains to her friends, “We can use the map combined with a spell to teleport to Appleloosa in no time.” "Well what are we waitin' for, Twilight? Let's use that spell!" Applejack exclaims. "Okay, but this will feel a little funny." With not a moment to lose, Twilight casts her spell, the map glows as well as the ponies and Magellan. They are suddenly sucked into a small portal hovering over Appleloosa. **** A portal appears in Appleloosa, and Twilight and company find themselves in Appleloosa just by looking at their surroundings. “Yeeee-haw! We made it!” Applejack excitedly says. As soon as he was certain they were there, Magellan flies up into the air above the ponies, ready to lead them to Megan and Rainbow Dash. “Okay, Magellan. Now lead us to where they are. Quickly,” Fluttershy says. Magellan leads the ponies to where Ahuizotl’s camp is. **** Back at the camp, Grogar has appeared via magic window. “Who are you?” Megan asks. “Bow before Grogar the Malevolent, the Ruler of Tambelon!” Grogar introduced himself. “I heard of you too, and I don’t care if you name is Billy the Goat!” Megan stands up to him, “What did you do to Daring Do?!” “Just caused a little cave-in,” Grogar brags, “If you wish to see her alive, you’ll provide directions from the map she sent you.” “What map? We don’t have a map,” Rainbow Dash lies. Ahuizotl notices the map in Megan’s right side pocket and takes it. “We’re talking about this one,” Ajuizotl says while showing the map. Without warning, Megan stomps her foot onto Ahuizotl's paw. Immediately, Ahuizotl screams in pain, accidently letting go of the map. With all her grabbing strength she could use in her hands, Megan grabs the map before it could touch the ground. She runs to the campfire, ready to throw the map into the burning flames. Just when she was about to, Ahuizotl chuckles and speaks to get her attention. “I wouldn’t do that, Megan,” he says, “If you do, Daring Do will suffer in the cave she is in. Do you want to live knowing you caused her demise?” Megan stops when hearing this. Having no choice, she bends her knees down drops the map toward the ground, and starts reading it, shocking Rainbow Dash. “You’re not serious about leading Grogar’s goons to Daring Do!” Rainbow Dash states. “We don’t have a choice, Rainbow Dash,” Megan sadly says as Cabelleron comes to grab onto a part of her bonds, “If we don’t Daring Do will suffer. Sometimes, you have to make tough choices when it comes to helping a friend.” “Exactly,” Grogar says, “Ahuizotl, make sure our guests never leave their ride to their friend!” “Yes, Sire!” Ahuizotl says as he grabsRainbow Dash, puts her in a sack, and tosses her onto the cart. "Rainbow Dash!" Megan exclaims when she sees what happened. "Come, Megan," Ahuizotl says as a large, wild cat-drawn buggy pulls up, "Lead the way." Seeing the ride offered to her, Megan sadly sighs. She has no choice but to take it for the sake of Daring Do. She climbs aboard. Cabelleron ties her knees so she could not run away. Ahuizotl then climbs onto the buggy himself, and sits close to Megan, much to her dismay, especially since her furry arms is touching her, and she can't do anything due to her bonds. The buggy, cart, and ponies then moves to the location of Daring Do.