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// Rescue 
// Story: I'm No Legend 
// by Short Stories 
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Rainbow tried for the 500th time since she was in there to get free of the ties the bound her from flying up to the trap door. She was still recovering from trying to parkour up there for the 499th and the tight ropes were starting to irritate the bruises she had earned. 

She stopped, hearing a sudden thud on the top of her box. "Hello?" She called out, hearing no reply in return. "Hellooooooo?" She perked her ears up as high as they could go, trying to catch just the tiniest sound she could. Still nothing. "Listen, creepy filly-napper man," she warned, "if you're trying to scare me, you got another thing coming! The second I get out of here, I'm gonna bust your chops so hard--" 

The hatch above her opened and Rarity's face peered in, slightly swaying from left to right as she looked inside. "Rainbow Dash?"

"Rarity?!" Rainbow cheered in a mix of happiness and disbelief. "How did you manage to--"

"Shhhhh!" Rarity whispered, "keep your voice down, Rainbow. You don't want your only chance of freedom to go back to that stuffy prison cell, do you?" She raised her head a bit, smiled, still trying to keep her body on balance. "That said, I'm ever so glad to see you again. Hurry up and fly out of there before I pass out again."

Rainbow motioned at the ropes. "Can't really do that." She said.

Rarity leaned in again and squinted, seeing the tight material that had Rainbow stuck to the ground. "Oh, dear me." She muttered, "my troubled eyes must be making it hard for me to see."

"Are...you alright?" Rainbow asked her.

"I'm fine." Rarity answered. "Just not used to exerting my magic this much, is all." She closed her eyes and tried to relax her self a little, as the stress of getting caught was making her exhausted as well.  "Hold still, Rainbow," she said, opening her eyes again. Rainbow sat and felt the ropes loosen around her torso, one coming in view every so often wrapped in a weak version of Rarity's aura.

The second Rarity was done, Rainbow dashed out of the blue, boxy prison and landed at Rarity's side. "Where to next?" She asked, closing the hatch.

Rarity went to the edge, trying to see if she could see another room such as hers and Rainbow's. "I'm terribly sorry, Rainbow," she said with distraught. "My i can hardly see a thing with how bad my eyes are right now. Do you think you could look over this way and see if you could find a--"

"It's dark pink." Rainbow interrupted, already hovering in the air. She had copied Rarity before hand. She looked down at her then over at Pinkie's box. "Do you want me to go and get her while you rest?" Rainbow asked. "Maybe I could get Fluttershy and Applejack, too, if  they're trapped here. We could all meet here so you won't have to wear yourself out so much.

Rarity smiled at the speed demon, already lying down. "Your sure you don't mind?"

Rainbow flexed her wings. "Positive."

"If you're certain." Rarity yawned. "Just be cautious and careful. Who knows if..or when that villain will trap us again."

Rainbow nodded, about to fly away. She then stopped herself and looked at Rarity with concern. "What if, while I'm gone--" Rarity had already dozed off. Rainbow decided to stop talking, as to not accidentally wake her friend. If she's not here when I get back with Pinkie, Rainbow thought, I guess I'll have to look in her box, too.