Trapped!by rainb0w_dashChaptersCh 1: Another Day in PonyvilleCh 2: One Bad MoveCh 3: Trapped!Ch 4: A Missing RainbowCh 5: StrugglesCh 1: Another Day in PonyvilleThe day was like another other day in Ponyville. Twilight was trying to perfect a spell that she had been working on for a few weeks, Fluttershy was helping the animals with whatever problems they had, Rarity had some new dresses to make, and Applejack and Pinkie were making some delicious Apple pie together. Mmm... Apple pie. That would really hit the spot right now. Rainbow thought to herself. She had been sitting in a tree for most of the day, thinking about a new trick that she could do to try and get into the Wonderbolts with. She realized that she had not eaten anything all day when her stomach started grumbling. She had started her way towards Sugarcube Corner flying as fast as she could despite not having a lot of energy to fly fast she then flew past some apple trees as she was passing Sweet Apple Acres. She saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders Club House as she was passing. She was thinking maybe to stop there and see Scootaloo but she was too hungry to care. Her flight to Sugarcube Corner had been a breeze. She had gotten there as quick as she possibly could have and he made her way inside the building. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were talking and she could see that were talking about something important. She also heard some noises coming from inside the kitchen. As she walked by Mr. and Mrs. Cake she said, "Hey there Mr. and Mrs. Cake. How’s Pound and Pumpkin?" "Oh! Their doing great Rainbow Dash! They said their first words the other day! Pound said 'Pinkie' and Pumpkin said 'Pie'! Oh this made me so happy!" Mrs. Cake replied. "I'm so glad that Pinkie Pie is our foal sitter, even if she can be a little bit crazy at times." Mr. Cake added. "Did somepony say my name?" Pinkie Pie jumped out of the kitchen covered in Apple pie filling and bit and pieces of pie crust. "Pinkie! I was looking for you! Could you hook me up with some of those apple pies?" Rainbow asked with an urgent and hungry tone in her voice. "Rainbow! Come with me! I need to show you something!" Pinkie replied with her usual happiness. As she ran back into the kitchen and Rainbow soon followed. When she walked into the kitchen she slipped and fell right on her rump onto the floor. "Ow! Why is the floor so slippery!?" Complaining as she found that the floor had been covered in pie filling and slippery butter. "Oh! Sorry! I’ve been making pies all day Rainbow! I think I got caught up in it so much that I've almost forgot that all those slippery things were on the floor! Hehehe!" Pinkie was just about to say something when she got interrupted by Applejack who was behind a mound of apples, "Don’t forget about me Sugarcube! It’s a darn pain having to make all these apple pies for the cakes. But I reckon each one of these pies'll be the best Apples pies that you've ever tasted!" "Thanks AJ! Actually, that's the reason I came over here. I wanted to have one! Rainbow Dash stared at the pies lined up on the kitchen counter. "Well sure you can have one of them Apple pies! For 5 bits." Applejack chuckled as she said. "5 bits!? Are you serious?! They don’t cost THAT much!" "Well when I make'em they do." Applejack humorously replied. "No. I won’t pay a ridiculous price like that!" Rainbow stammered. She stomped out of the room outraged at the price of one Apple pie. She started off through Ponyville trying to find something to eat when she came to the Library. "Twilight will give me something to eat! I know she'll understand how hungry I am! Rainbow walked into the Library... "No Rainbow! Now look I got to get back to this spell! I need to perfect it within the next two days or else..." "But Twilight! I’m really hungry!!! I’m going to die!" Rainbow Dash interrupted Twilight. "I highly doubt that you're going to die. Don’t you have food at your house?" Twilight was having difficulty concentrating as she was trying to read a book and talk to Rainbow at the same time. "Fine Twilight! If I die then I’m blaming it on you!" She lost her temper and whooshed out the door and flew away into the sky. "What was all that about?" Spike asked as her peered out from the top of stairs looking down at Twilight. "It’s ok. She'll get something to eat... I’m sure." The sun was starting to touch the horizon as Rainbow Dash flew towards Sweet Apple Acres. She was starting to get a little weak and tired from not being able to eat anything all day. She just made it to the edge of the farm when she heard laughing and playing in the distance. "Those silly filly Cutie Mark Crusaders, always trying to find a way to get their Cutie Marks!" Rainbow Dash spoke her mind knowing that there was nopony that could hear her. At least that’s what she thought. "Eeyup." Rainbow jumped. She turned around to see Big Macintosh standing right behind her. "Oh hey Big Mac. Is it okay if I take some apples to eat?" Big Mac just stood there with that normal inexpressible look on his face and said, "Sure Rainbow Dash." He walked over to an apple tree and with a buck; apples came falling down to earth into a bucket, set under the tree. "Thanks! Oh man, I can’t wait to eat all of these!" Without leaving him to acknowledge her thanks she trotted off with the bucket on her back. She trotted for a while trying to find a place to just sit down and eat and as she trotted around the farm she could hear the laughing and playing getting louder. She saw a light up ahead and realized that was getting close to the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse. She had found a tree to lean sit down at and chowed down on all the apples that she had in front of her. After she had gotten her fill of apples the sun had already set. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and Luna’s moon was looking great as usual. The night was beautiful. She was full, she had eaten finally and now she was relaxing on tree. "Life’s good sometimes." She drifted off to sleep. Author's Note I hope you enjoy the story! Leave a comment! :) Ch 2: One Bad MoveRainbow was whizzing past the clouds in a dash for speed. The day was unlike any other. She was practicing another new trick every day so she could show off and try to get into The Wonderbolts. She was having so much fun just flying around in the sky not a care in the world. She did a few flips here and a couple of spins there. She was enjoying her flight through the sky. She closed her eyes just for a second when she started to fall. She tried to flap her wings but there wasn't any feeling in her wings anymore. She looked behind her and saw that her wings had completely disappeared. Oh no! I'm going to die! Trying her best she yelled and screamed "HELP!" But obviously she knew that nopony could ever hear her for she was a little too far away from Ponyville. She looked at the town, remembering all the fun and great adventures that she and her friends had shared like the Nightmare Moon incident when she found out that she was the element of loyalty. She thought about all the times she had helped her friends with their problems and she knew that a better life was going to come soon. She had lived a pretty good life all in all even if she was going to die right now. I hope I don't let my friends down. She closed her eyes and waited for her appending death... "Rainbow! Come on! You gotta wake up!!" Rainbow snapped awake and opened her eyes and was blinded by the morning sunlight and a silhouette of a pony had her wondering where she was and what was going on. Am I dead? Is this where all the ponies go when they die? She tried to focus on the silhouette as hard she could and realized that she had to wait for a minute for her eyes to get adjusted to the morning sunlight. She closed them and thought about the nightmare she had just had. She looked back up, her eyes almost fully adjusted to the light and opened her eyes, She saw a tan Pegasus standing right next to her it was Scootaloo! "Rainbow! You're awake! You were sleeping and you were talking in your sleep! You kept saying some pretty weird things." Oh thank Celestia that was just a dream. I really I thought I was going to really die for a second, heh. How long was I asleep for? What was I saying? Should I ask? Rainbow thought to herself and she stood up. She noticed a half eaten basket full of apples and remembered everything that had happened the day before. "Whats up Scootaloo. I was talking in my sleep? "Yeah, It was pretty weird, me and the Crusaders were walking around the farm and talking about new ways to do to get our Cutie Marks and we saw you sleeping under this tree. You were saying things like, 'No, I can't. I don't wanna die.' Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom decided to walk off without me, I told them I would catch up after I woke up Rainbow and so I'm here with you now. What were you dreaming about?" Rainbow looked down from Scootaloos questionable gaze and thought about her nightmare. Should I tell Scootaloo? If I do I might look like a scared little filly though. She then came to the conclusion that she will tell the truth, "I had a nightmare, I was flying around doing tricks in the sky and my wings disappeared and I fell to my death. Just don't ever tell anypony about this." Scoots, thinking about what she had just heard was thinking of soemthing to say about that interesting description of a nightmare that her idol had just told. Rainbow stood up and told Scootaloo, " Look, lets just get off the subject. I was going to see you actually, i wanted to teach show you some of my new flying tricks and I wanted to know how you think." She then took her mind off the dream and was excited that Rainbow Dash had asked her to come and see her perform amazing feats of flying, "Oh man that sounds like fun! I can't wait for you to show me those awesome new tricks." Scootaloo was smiling as happily and was quaking with joy. Rainbow Dash!? Going to personally show me some of her new tricks before everypony else gets to see them? This is going to be the best day ever! She could only imagine what kind of interesting, amazingly awesome tricks she was going to show. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were walking around a green field just outside of Ponyville. Rainbow, still wondering why she had had that nightmare. "Okay Scoots, you sit here and I'm going to show you my best trick yet!" She sat Scoots down and whooshed off into the sky. Oh man! Where to start? I know! lets start with a flips here and a few turns there... Rainbow Dash was soaring in the sky flying as fast as she could. The Wind blowing through her multi colored mane. She was loving every second of it. She heard a shout from below on the ground, "Woo Hoo! Yeah Rainbow Dash!!!" Rainbow Dash flew back safely down to earth. "Oh man! Rainbow Dash that was awesome!!! Can you do a Sonic Rainboom?" Sonic Rainboom? She hadn't done one since the Best Young Flyers Competition when she saved Rarity and the Wonderbolts from falling to their deaths. "Sure. I might not be able to get it the first time though because it's been a while since I've done anything like this." "It's ok! At least you will try your best!" Scootaloo jumped with joy, excited to actually see a Sonic Rainboom. She had never seen one before ever in her lifetime so this is a dream come true. And she gets to see it being performed by her pegasus idol Rainbow Dash! Rainbow took off flying as high as she could and before she knew it she was even higher than Cloudsdale. She stopped and looked and admired the scenery. She could see everything for miles around. The She could see past the Everfree forest to Ghastly Gorge. After a few moments of admiring she looked straight down and even though she couldn't see Scootaloo she knew she was there watching and adoring her hero who was Rainbow Dash. "Wings, dont fail me now." Rainbow dash spoke to her wings and then she bolted off towards the ground. She hadn't flown this fast since the first Sonic Rainboom she did and she was already getting flashbacks about how she was trying her best to fly as fast as she can to save her friend. She strained herself trying her hardest to creating that Sonic Rainboom. She barely opened her eyes and saw that there was a mach cone forming around her. She gained an even greater speed as she pushed her self one last time and finally, BOOM! She did it! She looked behind her and saw the distinct rainbow following behind her as she flew around making shapes with the rainbow. She heard a sound coming from the ground and looked down to see Scootaloo jumping around and cheering for her. She landed safely on the ground worn out by the amazing feat that she had just created. "Rainbow Dash that was awesome!!! I can't believe you did that! I really knew you could do it on your first try!" She looked back up into the sky and saw the colorful rainbow trail from her Rainboom. She was tired and hungry, she wanted to get some rest after doing all those tricks. "Look, I'm tired so I'm gonna have to go and get something to eat and..." "Can I come with you!?" Scootaloo asked with delight in her little filly voice. "Umm... Thanks but no thanks. I wanna go and eat by myself. But hey tomorrow we can hang out and I can maybe teach you to fly." "Oh boy! I cant wait!" Scootaloo screamed with delight! They both said their goodbyes and Rainbow Dash flew off. She had eaten for the first time in the entire day and once she had finished she flew back to the spot where she was showing off her tricks to Scootaloo. She looked around for any signs of a pony but she was pretty sure this time she was alone. She flew up onto a cloud and layed down to rest on top of it. She moved around on top of her cloud bed and couldn't take a nap. She wanted to do another Sonic Rainboom. She sat up and thought about what she was about to do. Oh why not! I need to work on that anyways. She stood up on the cloud and lifted off and soared into the distance. "Flying over the Everfree Forest isn't so bad." As she ascended above the Everfree Forest she once again got up to a height that was higher than Cloudsdale. Se once again surveyed the landscape, Look at every possible landmark since she usually never goes out this far from home. She started off towards the ground again. Clouds that were not Pegasus controlled were whizzing past her at great speeds. She flew faster and faster until the mach cone started to come around her again. With all the strength that she had pushed her wings a little bit harder and she once again heard the signature BOOM! She was flying so fast and she was getting close to the ground. She leveled out of the nosedive and saw that Ghastly Gorge was right in front of her. She dove straight into the gorge and flew as close to the canyon walls as she could. She flew through the canyon excited to feel that rush of doing a Sonic Rainboom again. She was so pround of herself that she had done two Sonic Rainbooms in one day! She landed at the bottom of the canyon and screamed, "This is so AWESOME!" Rainbow heard some kind loud noise that resembled a bunch of rocks falling. She looked behind her and saw that the Canyon was collapsing. "OHNONONO!!!" Her mind was racing as she quickly got up and tried to fly as fast as she could out of the canyon but it was too late. One of the rocks had caught on her wing and she fell straight to the ground. Another rock had hit her in the head and she was knocked out. Ch 3: Trapped!Rainbow opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Staring around her looking into nothing but black, dead, darkness, wondering where she was. Is this another nightmare? Imagining that she will be transported to some sort place where she will be flying or she will die in some kind of way, but she looked around and couldn't see anything. She could barely see past her own fore hooves. There was only still silence in this cold, dark, dreary place. A pain from her head had also caught her attention and the put her fore hoof on the spot where the pain was most and felt a very large bump. That rock must have hit me hard. Looking up, Rainbow saw stars and Luna's moon giving her the only light which she could see. Standing up deemed a difficult task, she barely managed but something was holding her down. She could move everything but her right wing. It was a difficult task though because her body was in such an awkward position that moving her body made her feel a sharp pain in her right wing. Pain. It's not a dream. Looking behind her heart dropped into the deepest parts of her stomach. Her right wing, trapped under a boulder the size of Celestia herself! "Nononono!" Rainbow panicked! Trying everything she could to move the massive boulder it was to no avail. It didn't even budge. She remembered everything that had happened before she had gotten knocked out. Why did I have to scream! Stupid me! Now I'm going to die! The thought then struck like a rock. What if she really does die? So many thoughts were running through her head. She couldn't think. Sitting there, she knew there was nothing she could do to move the tremendous boulder. Laying back down next to the boulder she quietly sobbed. Thinking about her friends and how maybe they will figure out that she will be missing and they will come and find her. Looking around for something to rest with there was nothing. Since she couldn't see anything barely in front of her she decided is was best to wait for some pony to come and rescue her. All of that night was spent laying down and crying and thinking about ways to get out of this. The only way she thought was to get her wing out from under the rock. Now the rock was enormous. Almost the entire wing was crushed under the rock. Every bone in it was probably broken. Every time Rainbow moved around she felt a very sharp pain come from that wing. She couldn't think about it. She tried to forget everything, the broken wing, the rock, and her being trapped in the gorge. She closed her eyes, tears running down her face and she tried to forget everything and hopefully that she would wake up in her bed. She woke up, her body was cold and she was starting to shiver. The cold wind ruffling her coat and multi-colored mane. She looked around finally being able to see her surroundings for the first time. She finally got a glimpse of the boulder that had crushed her right wing and was the only thing hindering her from escape. There was dried blood on the ground, most likely from the injury on her head where the rock had hit her and knocked her out. She looked at the partial wing coming out from under the boulder. There were a few Cyan feathers scattered on the ground near the boulder. She picked a few up and carefully examined them, then examined the partial wing sticking out from under the boulder. The poked at it and once again felt excruciating pain coming from that wing. The sun being a quarter way across the sky meant it was already mid-morning. She would probably be doing a weather patrol through Ponyville right now. Trying to match the weather as the predictions call. Hopefully somepony knows that I'm gone. Rainbow had made herself some things to keep her from getting bored with some rocks. Celestia's sun was slowly crawling across the sky. She wanted out and she had some ideas about having to amputate her wing but the only way was to bite it off and she couldn't even think of a way to break the bone that goes through her wing so those thoughts quickly came and went. She decided to grab a sharp looking rock near her and she started to chip away at the boulder. It proved to no avail. Nothing worked, plus the rock was not sharp enough to break through the massive boulder holding her wing down. It was mid day. The sun was just about to start on its second half of its journey across the sky and Rainbow was starting to get hungry. Now she couldn't really do anything. She wanted something to eat really badly. Something, anything, even bugs she'll eat. Looking around on the ground she saw some kind of bug crawling a few feet from her. Watching it, envying it, I wish I was that bug. Being able to freely fly around wherever it wants. Not being stuck under a rock like me. It was her only source of food. She reached over and tried to grab it but ended up squashing the poor thing. "Noooo!!!!" Rainbow shouted. as the bug became mixed in with the dry soil. The shout echoed through the entire valley. It seems as if every living thing in the entire valley had stopped. Everything became so quiet. The echo dissipated into the the farther regions of the gorge. Rainbow just buried her head in her fore hooves and started crying. "There's no hope for me. I'm dead." As the sun had started to set, the sky became a glorious bright orange. Dash was envying everything living thing that was not trapped under a boulder. Looking up the sun had already gone past the top of the gorge and the shadow had already engulfed Rainbows body. Coldness. The heat from the day was slowly being sapped from her. In fact the energy in her was getting pretty low. She didn't know what to do anymore. All she had done that day was try to find bugs to eat and she had managed to eat a few bugs that tasted terrible and also just tried to get the boulder off of her wing. Nothing worked for this Cyan Pegasus. Absolutely nothing. There were no more tears that she could cry out. She couldn't do anything about it and had to accept the fact that she won't be able to get out of this dreadful place. Yet something about it seemed a little comforting, the quiet surroundings, the dim moonlight shining into the bottom of the canyon, it all seemed so... peaceful. This place that was slowly killing her was so immense, powerful, yet nothing controlled it but mother nature herself. No magic, no pegasi, and no earth ponies getting in the way of mother nature and her doings. Life will be dreadful and hope was the only thing that Rainbow was clinging onto for dear life. Anypony, please come save me, help me, I don't want to die. Ch 4: A Missing RainbowThe sky was glowing with a grayish tint as the clouds were covering pretty much the entire sky except for a few open patches of the blue sky shining here and there. The Weather team was frantically working on the sky, trying their best to clear it up since the Pegasus that usually takes care of the weather for Ponyville hadn't come and worked on them. There was something truly off about this day. Even though Rainbow Dash hadn't come and worked on the clouds in the sky like she had every day it looked like no pony really noticed. While the Pegasi were trying so hard to clear away all the clouds Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle were running around Ponyville doing their usual crusading business wherever it took them. ''And she did a Sonic Rainboom and she even told me that she'll teach me how to fly! I can't wait for her to teach me!'' Scootaloo was excitedly telling the other crusaders about how the day before Rainbow Dash was showing off her incredible flying tricks. As they ran back to their clubhouse in Sweet Apple Acres. All three of them were wearing their Cutie Mark Crusaders Capes as they stepped into the dark one room clubhouse. They took off their capes and Apple Bloom turned on the light. Light filled the entire room as they stood in their usual Crusaders thinking spot and started discussing on how they would get their cutie marks like every other day. ''I know! Lets try something completely new!'' Sweetie Belle exclaimed. ''What do ya have in mind?'' Apple Bloom replied with a quizzical look on her face. ''How about helping Fluttershy taking care of her animals?'' ''Okay that sounds like a pretty good idea.'' Apple Bloom said in reply to Sweetie Belles suggestion. Since she has helped her big sister Applejack a few times before in the barn with the animals. Scootaloo was a little skeptical about this job it didn't really seem like her thing but she thought that if it got her her Cutie Mark then she was up for the task. It took about a while to walk all the way to Fluttershys cottage outside of Ponyville, They were all exhausted from all the walking that they just did. Finally there stood before them was the front door to Fluttershys cottage. Sweetie Belle knocked on the door. They waited there for a few minutes but there was no noise from inside the house. No pony answered the door. ''Oh come on!'' Sweetie Belle shouted. It was obvious that she was very angry, she had to walk all the way out just find that she wasn't even home! They started walking back when suddenly Fluttershy came flying down from the sky with a saddle bag on her back. ''Yes! Fluttershy! I'm so glad to see you! Can we help take care of the animals for you for just a little bit?'' Sweetie Belle asked with delight. '' Oh, umm... I guess you cou-'' "Cutie Mark Crusaders Animal Caretakers!!!" the three fillies eagerly shouted. Fluttershy was a little taken back by the sudden scream that the 3 fillies had made. She walked inside with the 3 crusaders following close behind. She told them to wait in the living room as she flew upstairs. The 3 fillies sat quietly and patiently in the middle of the living room. Ready to do just about anything that would get them their cutie marks. Fluttershy returned downstairs a few minutes later with her saddlebag off. Still sitting in the middle of the floor were the 3 Crusaders. Talking with each other about what they could be doing. "Maybe we'll tame wild crocodiles!" Scootaloo said with excitement in her voice. "I doubt it, but that might be fun!" Apple Bloom replied hesitantly. "It's okay, we're not taming wild creatures." Fluttershy reassured Apple Bloom. The Crusaders followed Fluttershy outside to start working with the animals. Fluttershy had a bag of food for all the squirrels, birds and other creatures the likes of that. She took out a bowl to put the food in. Looking at the crusaders who were just following her lead. She noticed that Scootaloo kept looking up in sky with an expression that looked like she was looking for something. She walked over to Scootaloo and asked, "Hey Scootaloo? Why are you looking up into the sky? " "I wanna see if Rainbow Dash is flying around!" Scootaloo was looking up into the patchy grey sky. "Oh I dont know if your gonna see her. In fact I haven't seen her all day either. I wonder where she is. Hey girls? If you wanna come with me to look for Rainbow then you can." A few minutes later Scootaloo was the only one who agreed to come with Fluttershy Apple Bloom and the others decided to just go back home since they came to the conclusion that this was not their calling. Fluttershy and Scootaloo went down to Ponyville to look for Rainbow, they asked quite a few ponies to see if they had seen her sometime that day and every pony that they asked told them the same answer, "No." "Hey Scoots?" "Ya?" "I'm going to see if Rainbow is at her house, do you want to come?" Scootaloo jumped with joy as her wings fluttered with much excitement. "YES!" She was pretty sure that Rainbow Dash was just at her house sleeping in. Fluttershy arrived at Rainbows cloud house while carrying Scootaloo in her arms, "My my Scootaloo your getting pretty heavy for me to carry you? Why did you even come with me in the first place?" Fluttershy questioned the tan Pegasus filly. "I want to say thanks for yesterday, she showed me some pretty awesome flying tricks!" Scootaloo replied to the yellow Pegasus. Fluttershy acknowledged Scootaloo and walked into cloud house. After calling Rainbows name a dew times and getting no answer she decided to go to her room. She looked into the room and saw that Rainbow wasn't sleeping in her bed. Her eyes widened and she ran out of the room in search of her cyan friend. "Where is she WHERE IS SHE!?" Fluttershy looked through the entire house and was now in a full blown panic attack. She couldn't find Rainbow anywhere. Scootaloo noticed the worried look on Fluttershy's face and asked what was wrong? "I can't find her anywhere!" Fluttershy said as loud as she could. Scootaloo was kind of worried but then again she reassured herself because she knew that wherever Rainbow Dash was she was probably not in a lot of trouble that would probably endanger her life. Author's Note Hello everypony! Sorry Its been a month since I last updated this story but I had some serious doubts about this fanfic. But since it is my first and I am not the best writer yet, Ill try my best to finish it! I mean, Ill never get better if I dont finish this! (Practice makes perfect!) Anyways I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! :) Ch 5: Struggles"Water... I need water..." Thought Rainbow. Looking around for something, anything to drink. All she saw was sand, rocks, and more sand. She hadn't had anything to drink now for two days now. Her mind had slowly been wearing away at the very edges. Becoming a mindless zombie almost. Only thinking the words in her mind of anything she had to say to herself. She had lost the energy and will to talk long ago.. Trapped.. She thought to herself. I'm definitely trapped. Many thoughts ran through the cyan pegasus' mind. Thoughts about ever seeing her friends again. Thoughts about if she was ever going to even escape this disgusting rock that she had been trapped under for almost the entirety of two days. Thoughts about herself. Herself. Had she brought this upon herself? Her bullheadedness had gotten her into this horrid mess after all. There was no more use in getting angry or sad. She had already done all of those things long before. When she still had a glimmering chance of hope of survival and escape. Looking back at her wing. If you can call it a wing anymore. She saw the dried blood that had slowly pooled around under the rock from her accident. She had stared at that rock. Starting blankly at it with her magenta eyes. Just looking. All hope was lost in her. Her mind had gone through every memory, every fun time, every moment spent with all the ponies that she had met in her life. The Wonderbolts, her friends, her parents, everyone. Rainbow had exhausted every possible opportunity to spend times with her own friends. Her mind was slowly seeping from her head like the blood had from her now destroyed wing. All the thoughts had been building. She was angry. Angry at herself. Angry at fate. Angry at life. She couldn't help but kick up pebbles and dirt up from the ground with her hoof. That was when she realized how weak her body was. The way she felt after lightly kicking up some dirt was like racing to Canterlot from Ponyville 20 times back and forth. She layed there. Not even daring to move any muscle inside her body. Slowly moving her eyes up to stare at the beaming blue sky. A lone tear had slowly gone down her cheek. That was the only sign of sadness she could give in this situation. She then realized something. She stuck her tongue out of her dry mouth that was probably just as dry as the ground beneath her and felt the tear touch her tongue. She brought it slowly back into her mouth. Careful not to drop this source of water. To her astonishment, the tear had provided a refreshing drop of water. For the first time since this entire ordeal had started she finally had felt relief instead of pain. Even though the tear was extremely salty, it had quenched her thirst, but only slightly. She wanted more. Her body ached for more water. So... Thirsty... Her impatient mind had grown used to this. She had thought that maybe after a day or two somepony should come and rescue her. Right? Seconds seemed like hours, hours seemed like days, and days seemed like years for her. Waiting.. She thought to herself. Just, waiting. She had memorized every single surrounding object within her vicinity. Looking around if she could find a possible way out. She once more turned her head for the thousandth time and stared straight at the boulder laying on top of her. Looking at the dried blood. Blood, blood, wait a second. Blood! Rainbow then looked around. Even though incredibly difficult to move around her she had put all of her mind and physical force into doing so. She then found it. A sharp enough looking rock. She had never once thought about doing what she was about to do, but she had no other choice. She had hardly urinated over the past few days. Twice or maybe three times. She had been disgusted by the fact of having her own urine inside of her mouth, but she had braved it out. Eventually she had stopped urinating all together. She stared at the sharp enough rock looking slightly like a razor blade. It had an almost nice sleek and sharp look on it. It's bit dull, but it should get the job done. She looked around her body for the perfect incision point. After going through which point would be best to drink from, as well as trying to remember anything from her anatomy class so she would miss puncturing any major arteries she was ready to begin. She had found the best place to do this was in the base of her foreleg. Not on the bottom where her artery was, but on top. Just a small cut will do. Rainbow thought to herself. It had started. She was starting to become frightened as her thoughts were telling her that she did not have to go such drastic measures. But what other choice did she have? Just sit there and die? To sit there patiently waiting for Celestia herself to just land there and fly her away? She held the makeshift rock blade. Staring blankly into the edge of it. Looking at it made her sick. Knowing that she did not want to even do this, but she was determined to survive. Driven on, tried to keep calm. Looking down at her foreleg, her cyan, matted, and dusty fur, covered from days of not showering were about to be cut open, and blood covered. She stared bleakly once more at her weapon. Slowly, she inched the blade closer to her skin. Thoughts of what it was going to feel like to how painful it was going to be were flying through her mind. She bared it no more as she closed her eyes and made a small incision into the top layer of her skin. Feeling a slight prick she looked down at her arm and noticed a good amount of blood was coming forth. Rainbow was a bit frightened by this. Did I hit an artery??? She quickly bared down on it. The taste had hit her pretty hard. The metallic taste of blood which she had rarely ever tasted in her entire lifetime was now the only she could taste. Resisting the urge to suck the wound, or barf, she only had to lick it as the blood spewed forth. She was worried if she would lose too much blood from doing this, but at the moment she did not care. She had finally gotten a drink. Even if it was something entirely different and completely unorthodox. Seeing her now fully clotted wound she had made. She stared it. The fur around it was still slightly wet from her saliva and the blood which had been from the wound. Looking down at the dull razor like rock, covered in dried blood her mind was now reeling with questions. She had filled herself with as much blood as she could possibly have, and had felt slightly better even if she had lost some of her blood. It had taken a good deal of time for her wound fully clot. The sun was about halfway between the the "noon" part of the sky and the horizon. Rainbow thought it was around 4ish. Possibly later. She did not even realize how much time had gone by. Looking back, at her wing an idea was slowly coming into view. Nothing was out here. But a blunt knife like rock, herself and a giant boulder that does not give in to her excessive pushing and shoving. She had been thinking and plotting this idea since a few hours after she had gotten trapped under this rock in the first place. She did not want it to have to come to this sort of conclusion. But just as with the decision of cutting her own arm for the sake of not dying of thirst, she had to do the impossible. She had to cut her wing off. She shuddered at the very thought. Wondering how she could pull such a feat off? It would take just about all the energy she still had. The mare was relentless though, struggling for just a small, minuscule glimmer of hope. It can't happen. I-I'll just wait for somepony.. The mare couldn't even think. The door for herself being able to be freed from this cursed rock, this cursed valley was open and in reach! It was literally just a cut away. Author's Note I'm back! Haha! >:D Okay. I totally forgot my password and account name so I couldn't use this account for a while.. I feel as if I've gotten better at writing and that I can continue on as well with this story. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and yes this book will be continuing on. After MONTHS of hiatus.
Ch 1: Another Day in PonyvilleThe day was like another other day in Ponyville. Twilight was trying to perfect a spell that she had been working on for a few weeks, Fluttershy was helping the animals with whatever problems they had, Rarity had some new dresses to make, and Applejack and Pinkie were making some delicious Apple pie together. Mmm... Apple pie. That would really hit the spot right now. Rainbow thought to herself. She had been sitting in a tree for most of the day, thinking about a new trick that she could do to try and get into the Wonderbolts with. She realized that she had not eaten anything all day when her stomach started grumbling. She had started her way towards Sugarcube Corner flying as fast as she could despite not having a lot of energy to fly fast she then flew past some apple trees as she was passing Sweet Apple Acres. She saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders Club House as she was passing. She was thinking maybe to stop there and see Scootaloo but she was too hungry to care. Her flight to Sugarcube Corner had been a breeze. She had gotten there as quick as she possibly could have and he made her way inside the building. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were talking and she could see that were talking about something important. She also heard some noises coming from inside the kitchen. As she walked by Mr. and Mrs. Cake she said, "Hey there Mr. and Mrs. Cake. How’s Pound and Pumpkin?" "Oh! Their doing great Rainbow Dash! They said their first words the other day! Pound said 'Pinkie' and Pumpkin said 'Pie'! Oh this made me so happy!" Mrs. Cake replied. "I'm so glad that Pinkie Pie is our foal sitter, even if she can be a little bit crazy at times." Mr. Cake added. "Did somepony say my name?" Pinkie Pie jumped out of the kitchen covered in Apple pie filling and bit and pieces of pie crust. "Pinkie! I was looking for you! Could you hook me up with some of those apple pies?" Rainbow asked with an urgent and hungry tone in her voice. "Rainbow! Come with me! I need to show you something!" Pinkie replied with her usual happiness. As she ran back into the kitchen and Rainbow soon followed. When she walked into the kitchen she slipped and fell right on her rump onto the floor. "Ow! Why is the floor so slippery!?" Complaining as she found that the floor had been covered in pie filling and slippery butter. "Oh! Sorry! I’ve been making pies all day Rainbow! I think I got caught up in it so much that I've almost forgot that all those slippery things were on the floor! Hehehe!" Pinkie was just about to say something when she got interrupted by Applejack who was behind a mound of apples, "Don’t forget about me Sugarcube! It’s a darn pain having to make all these apple pies for the cakes. But I reckon each one of these pies'll be the best Apples pies that you've ever tasted!" "Thanks AJ! Actually, that's the reason I came over here. I wanted to have one! Rainbow Dash stared at the pies lined up on the kitchen counter. "Well sure you can have one of them Apple pies! For 5 bits." Applejack chuckled as she said. "5 bits!? Are you serious?! They don’t cost THAT much!" "Well when I make'em they do." Applejack humorously replied. "No. I won’t pay a ridiculous price like that!" Rainbow stammered. She stomped out of the room outraged at the price of one Apple pie. She started off through Ponyville trying to find something to eat when she came to the Library. "Twilight will give me something to eat! I know she'll understand how hungry I am! Rainbow walked into the Library... "No Rainbow! Now look I got to get back to this spell! I need to perfect it within the next two days or else..." "But Twilight! I’m really hungry!!! I’m going to die!" Rainbow Dash interrupted Twilight. "I highly doubt that you're going to die. Don’t you have food at your house?" Twilight was having difficulty concentrating as she was trying to read a book and talk to Rainbow at the same time. "Fine Twilight! If I die then I’m blaming it on you!" She lost her temper and whooshed out the door and flew away into the sky. "What was all that about?" Spike asked as her peered out from the top of stairs looking down at Twilight. "It’s ok. She'll get something to eat... I’m sure." The sun was starting to touch the horizon as Rainbow Dash flew towards Sweet Apple Acres. She was starting to get a little weak and tired from not being able to eat anything all day. She just made it to the edge of the farm when she heard laughing and playing in the distance. "Those silly filly Cutie Mark Crusaders, always trying to find a way to get their Cutie Marks!" Rainbow Dash spoke her mind knowing that there was nopony that could hear her. At least that’s what she thought. "Eeyup." Rainbow jumped. She turned around to see Big Macintosh standing right behind her. "Oh hey Big Mac. Is it okay if I take some apples to eat?" Big Mac just stood there with that normal inexpressible look on his face and said, "Sure Rainbow Dash." He walked over to an apple tree and with a buck; apples came falling down to earth into a bucket, set under the tree. "Thanks! Oh man, I can’t wait to eat all of these!" Without leaving him to acknowledge her thanks she trotted off with the bucket on her back. She trotted for a while trying to find a place to just sit down and eat and as she trotted around the farm she could hear the laughing and playing getting louder. She saw a light up ahead and realized that was getting close to the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse. She had found a tree to lean sit down at and chowed down on all the apples that she had in front of her. After she had gotten her fill of apples the sun had already set. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and Luna’s moon was looking great as usual. The night was beautiful. She was full, she had eaten finally and now she was relaxing on tree. "Life’s good sometimes." She drifted off to sleep. Author's Note I hope you enjoy the story! Leave a comment! :)
Ch 2: One Bad MoveRainbow was whizzing past the clouds in a dash for speed. The day was unlike any other. She was practicing another new trick every day so she could show off and try to get into The Wonderbolts. She was having so much fun just flying around in the sky not a care in the world. She did a few flips here and a couple of spins there. She was enjoying her flight through the sky. She closed her eyes just for a second when she started to fall. She tried to flap her wings but there wasn't any feeling in her wings anymore. She looked behind her and saw that her wings had completely disappeared. Oh no! I'm going to die! Trying her best she yelled and screamed "HELP!" But obviously she knew that nopony could ever hear her for she was a little too far away from Ponyville. She looked at the town, remembering all the fun and great adventures that she and her friends had shared like the Nightmare Moon incident when she found out that she was the element of loyalty. She thought about all the times she had helped her friends with their problems and she knew that a better life was going to come soon. She had lived a pretty good life all in all even if she was going to die right now. I hope I don't let my friends down. She closed her eyes and waited for her appending death... "Rainbow! Come on! You gotta wake up!!" Rainbow snapped awake and opened her eyes and was blinded by the morning sunlight and a silhouette of a pony had her wondering where she was and what was going on. Am I dead? Is this where all the ponies go when they die? She tried to focus on the silhouette as hard she could and realized that she had to wait for a minute for her eyes to get adjusted to the morning sunlight. She closed them and thought about the nightmare she had just had. She looked back up, her eyes almost fully adjusted to the light and opened her eyes, She saw a tan Pegasus standing right next to her it was Scootaloo! "Rainbow! You're awake! You were sleeping and you were talking in your sleep! You kept saying some pretty weird things." Oh thank Celestia that was just a dream. I really I thought I was going to really die for a second, heh. How long was I asleep for? What was I saying? Should I ask? Rainbow thought to herself and she stood up. She noticed a half eaten basket full of apples and remembered everything that had happened the day before. "Whats up Scootaloo. I was talking in my sleep? "Yeah, It was pretty weird, me and the Crusaders were walking around the farm and talking about new ways to do to get our Cutie Marks and we saw you sleeping under this tree. You were saying things like, 'No, I can't. I don't wanna die.' Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom decided to walk off without me, I told them I would catch up after I woke up Rainbow and so I'm here with you now. What were you dreaming about?" Rainbow looked down from Scootaloos questionable gaze and thought about her nightmare. Should I tell Scootaloo? If I do I might look like a scared little filly though. She then came to the conclusion that she will tell the truth, "I had a nightmare, I was flying around doing tricks in the sky and my wings disappeared and I fell to my death. Just don't ever tell anypony about this." Scoots, thinking about what she had just heard was thinking of soemthing to say about that interesting description of a nightmare that her idol had just told. Rainbow stood up and told Scootaloo, " Look, lets just get off the subject. I was going to see you actually, i wanted to teach show you some of my new flying tricks and I wanted to know how you think." She then took her mind off the dream and was excited that Rainbow Dash had asked her to come and see her perform amazing feats of flying, "Oh man that sounds like fun! I can't wait for you to show me those awesome new tricks." Scootaloo was smiling as happily and was quaking with joy. Rainbow Dash!? Going to personally show me some of her new tricks before everypony else gets to see them? This is going to be the best day ever! She could only imagine what kind of interesting, amazingly awesome tricks she was going to show. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were walking around a green field just outside of Ponyville. Rainbow, still wondering why she had had that nightmare. "Okay Scoots, you sit here and I'm going to show you my best trick yet!" She sat Scoots down and whooshed off into the sky. Oh man! Where to start? I know! lets start with a flips here and a few turns there... Rainbow Dash was soaring in the sky flying as fast as she could. The Wind blowing through her multi colored mane. She was loving every second of it. She heard a shout from below on the ground, "Woo Hoo! Yeah Rainbow Dash!!!" Rainbow Dash flew back safely down to earth. "Oh man! Rainbow Dash that was awesome!!! Can you do a Sonic Rainboom?" Sonic Rainboom? She hadn't done one since the Best Young Flyers Competition when she saved Rarity and the Wonderbolts from falling to their deaths. "Sure. I might not be able to get it the first time though because it's been a while since I've done anything like this." "It's ok! At least you will try your best!" Scootaloo jumped with joy, excited to actually see a Sonic Rainboom. She had never seen one before ever in her lifetime so this is a dream come true. And she gets to see it being performed by her pegasus idol Rainbow Dash! Rainbow took off flying as high as she could and before she knew it she was even higher than Cloudsdale. She stopped and looked and admired the scenery. She could see everything for miles around. The She could see past the Everfree forest to Ghastly Gorge. After a few moments of admiring she looked straight down and even though she couldn't see Scootaloo she knew she was there watching and adoring her hero who was Rainbow Dash. "Wings, dont fail me now." Rainbow dash spoke to her wings and then she bolted off towards the ground. She hadn't flown this fast since the first Sonic Rainboom she did and she was already getting flashbacks about how she was trying her best to fly as fast as she can to save her friend. She strained herself trying her hardest to creating that Sonic Rainboom. She barely opened her eyes and saw that there was a mach cone forming around her. She gained an even greater speed as she pushed her self one last time and finally, BOOM! She did it! She looked behind her and saw the distinct rainbow following behind her as she flew around making shapes with the rainbow. She heard a sound coming from the ground and looked down to see Scootaloo jumping around and cheering for her. She landed safely on the ground worn out by the amazing feat that she had just created. "Rainbow Dash that was awesome!!! I can't believe you did that! I really knew you could do it on your first try!" She looked back up into the sky and saw the colorful rainbow trail from her Rainboom. She was tired and hungry, she wanted to get some rest after doing all those tricks. "Look, I'm tired so I'm gonna have to go and get something to eat and..." "Can I come with you!?" Scootaloo asked with delight in her little filly voice. "Umm... Thanks but no thanks. I wanna go and eat by myself. But hey tomorrow we can hang out and I can maybe teach you to fly." "Oh boy! I cant wait!" Scootaloo screamed with delight! They both said their goodbyes and Rainbow Dash flew off. She had eaten for the first time in the entire day and once she had finished she flew back to the spot where she was showing off her tricks to Scootaloo. She looked around for any signs of a pony but she was pretty sure this time she was alone. She flew up onto a cloud and layed down to rest on top of it. She moved around on top of her cloud bed and couldn't take a nap. She wanted to do another Sonic Rainboom. She sat up and thought about what she was about to do. Oh why not! I need to work on that anyways. She stood up on the cloud and lifted off and soared into the distance. "Flying over the Everfree Forest isn't so bad." As she ascended above the Everfree Forest she once again got up to a height that was higher than Cloudsdale. Se once again surveyed the landscape, Look at every possible landmark since she usually never goes out this far from home. She started off towards the ground again. Clouds that were not Pegasus controlled were whizzing past her at great speeds. She flew faster and faster until the mach cone started to come around her again. With all the strength that she had pushed her wings a little bit harder and she once again heard the signature BOOM! She was flying so fast and she was getting close to the ground. She leveled out of the nosedive and saw that Ghastly Gorge was right in front of her. She dove straight into the gorge and flew as close to the canyon walls as she could. She flew through the canyon excited to feel that rush of doing a Sonic Rainboom again. She was so pround of herself that she had done two Sonic Rainbooms in one day! She landed at the bottom of the canyon and screamed, "This is so AWESOME!" Rainbow heard some kind loud noise that resembled a bunch of rocks falling. She looked behind her and saw that the Canyon was collapsing. "OHNONONO!!!" Her mind was racing as she quickly got up and tried to fly as fast as she could out of the canyon but it was too late. One of the rocks had caught on her wing and she fell straight to the ground. Another rock had hit her in the head and she was knocked out.
Ch 3: Trapped!Rainbow opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Staring around her looking into nothing but black, dead, darkness, wondering where she was. Is this another nightmare? Imagining that she will be transported to some sort place where she will be flying or she will die in some kind of way, but she looked around and couldn't see anything. She could barely see past her own fore hooves. There was only still silence in this cold, dark, dreary place. A pain from her head had also caught her attention and the put her fore hoof on the spot where the pain was most and felt a very large bump. That rock must have hit me hard. Looking up, Rainbow saw stars and Luna's moon giving her the only light which she could see. Standing up deemed a difficult task, she barely managed but something was holding her down. She could move everything but her right wing. It was a difficult task though because her body was in such an awkward position that moving her body made her feel a sharp pain in her right wing. Pain. It's not a dream. Looking behind her heart dropped into the deepest parts of her stomach. Her right wing, trapped under a boulder the size of Celestia herself! "Nononono!" Rainbow panicked! Trying everything she could to move the massive boulder it was to no avail. It didn't even budge. She remembered everything that had happened before she had gotten knocked out. Why did I have to scream! Stupid me! Now I'm going to die! The thought then struck like a rock. What if she really does die? So many thoughts were running through her head. She couldn't think. Sitting there, she knew there was nothing she could do to move the tremendous boulder. Laying back down next to the boulder she quietly sobbed. Thinking about her friends and how maybe they will figure out that she will be missing and they will come and find her. Looking around for something to rest with there was nothing. Since she couldn't see anything barely in front of her she decided is was best to wait for some pony to come and rescue her. All of that night was spent laying down and crying and thinking about ways to get out of this. The only way she thought was to get her wing out from under the rock. Now the rock was enormous. Almost the entire wing was crushed under the rock. Every bone in it was probably broken. Every time Rainbow moved around she felt a very sharp pain come from that wing. She couldn't think about it. She tried to forget everything, the broken wing, the rock, and her being trapped in the gorge. She closed her eyes, tears running down her face and she tried to forget everything and hopefully that she would wake up in her bed. She woke up, her body was cold and she was starting to shiver. The cold wind ruffling her coat and multi-colored mane. She looked around finally being able to see her surroundings for the first time. She finally got a glimpse of the boulder that had crushed her right wing and was the only thing hindering her from escape. There was dried blood on the ground, most likely from the injury on her head where the rock had hit her and knocked her out. She looked at the partial wing coming out from under the boulder. There were a few Cyan feathers scattered on the ground near the boulder. She picked a few up and carefully examined them, then examined the partial wing sticking out from under the boulder. The poked at it and once again felt excruciating pain coming from that wing. The sun being a quarter way across the sky meant it was already mid-morning. She would probably be doing a weather patrol through Ponyville right now. Trying to match the weather as the predictions call. Hopefully somepony knows that I'm gone. Rainbow had made herself some things to keep her from getting bored with some rocks. Celestia's sun was slowly crawling across the sky. She wanted out and she had some ideas about having to amputate her wing but the only way was to bite it off and she couldn't even think of a way to break the bone that goes through her wing so those thoughts quickly came and went. She decided to grab a sharp looking rock near her and she started to chip away at the boulder. It proved to no avail. Nothing worked, plus the rock was not sharp enough to break through the massive boulder holding her wing down. It was mid day. The sun was just about to start on its second half of its journey across the sky and Rainbow was starting to get hungry. Now she couldn't really do anything. She wanted something to eat really badly. Something, anything, even bugs she'll eat. Looking around on the ground she saw some kind of bug crawling a few feet from her. Watching it, envying it, I wish I was that bug. Being able to freely fly around wherever it wants. Not being stuck under a rock like me. It was her only source of food. She reached over and tried to grab it but ended up squashing the poor thing. "Noooo!!!!" Rainbow shouted. as the bug became mixed in with the dry soil. The shout echoed through the entire valley. It seems as if every living thing in the entire valley had stopped. Everything became so quiet. The echo dissipated into the the farther regions of the gorge. Rainbow just buried her head in her fore hooves and started crying. "There's no hope for me. I'm dead." As the sun had started to set, the sky became a glorious bright orange. Dash was envying everything living thing that was not trapped under a boulder. Looking up the sun had already gone past the top of the gorge and the shadow had already engulfed Rainbows body. Coldness. The heat from the day was slowly being sapped from her. In fact the energy in her was getting pretty low. She didn't know what to do anymore. All she had done that day was try to find bugs to eat and she had managed to eat a few bugs that tasted terrible and also just tried to get the boulder off of her wing. Nothing worked for this Cyan Pegasus. Absolutely nothing. There were no more tears that she could cry out. She couldn't do anything about it and had to accept the fact that she won't be able to get out of this dreadful place. Yet something about it seemed a little comforting, the quiet surroundings, the dim moonlight shining into the bottom of the canyon, it all seemed so... peaceful. This place that was slowly killing her was so immense, powerful, yet nothing controlled it but mother nature herself. No magic, no pegasi, and no earth ponies getting in the way of mother nature and her doings. Life will be dreadful and hope was the only thing that Rainbow was clinging onto for dear life. Anypony, please come save me, help me, I don't want to die.
Ch 4: A Missing RainbowThe sky was glowing with a grayish tint as the clouds were covering pretty much the entire sky except for a few open patches of the blue sky shining here and there. The Weather team was frantically working on the sky, trying their best to clear it up since the Pegasus that usually takes care of the weather for Ponyville hadn't come and worked on them. There was something truly off about this day. Even though Rainbow Dash hadn't come and worked on the clouds in the sky like she had every day it looked like no pony really noticed. While the Pegasi were trying so hard to clear away all the clouds Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle were running around Ponyville doing their usual crusading business wherever it took them. ''And she did a Sonic Rainboom and she even told me that she'll teach me how to fly! I can't wait for her to teach me!'' Scootaloo was excitedly telling the other crusaders about how the day before Rainbow Dash was showing off her incredible flying tricks. As they ran back to their clubhouse in Sweet Apple Acres. All three of them were wearing their Cutie Mark Crusaders Capes as they stepped into the dark one room clubhouse. They took off their capes and Apple Bloom turned on the light. Light filled the entire room as they stood in their usual Crusaders thinking spot and started discussing on how they would get their cutie marks like every other day. ''I know! Lets try something completely new!'' Sweetie Belle exclaimed. ''What do ya have in mind?'' Apple Bloom replied with a quizzical look on her face. ''How about helping Fluttershy taking care of her animals?'' ''Okay that sounds like a pretty good idea.'' Apple Bloom said in reply to Sweetie Belles suggestion. Since she has helped her big sister Applejack a few times before in the barn with the animals. Scootaloo was a little skeptical about this job it didn't really seem like her thing but she thought that if it got her her Cutie Mark then she was up for the task. It took about a while to walk all the way to Fluttershys cottage outside of Ponyville, They were all exhausted from all the walking that they just did. Finally there stood before them was the front door to Fluttershys cottage. Sweetie Belle knocked on the door. They waited there for a few minutes but there was no noise from inside the house. No pony answered the door. ''Oh come on!'' Sweetie Belle shouted. It was obvious that she was very angry, she had to walk all the way out just find that she wasn't even home! They started walking back when suddenly Fluttershy came flying down from the sky with a saddle bag on her back. ''Yes! Fluttershy! I'm so glad to see you! Can we help take care of the animals for you for just a little bit?'' Sweetie Belle asked with delight. '' Oh, umm... I guess you cou-'' "Cutie Mark Crusaders Animal Caretakers!!!" the three fillies eagerly shouted. Fluttershy was a little taken back by the sudden scream that the 3 fillies had made. She walked inside with the 3 crusaders following close behind. She told them to wait in the living room as she flew upstairs. The 3 fillies sat quietly and patiently in the middle of the living room. Ready to do just about anything that would get them their cutie marks. Fluttershy returned downstairs a few minutes later with her saddlebag off. Still sitting in the middle of the floor were the 3 Crusaders. Talking with each other about what they could be doing. "Maybe we'll tame wild crocodiles!" Scootaloo said with excitement in her voice. "I doubt it, but that might be fun!" Apple Bloom replied hesitantly. "It's okay, we're not taming wild creatures." Fluttershy reassured Apple Bloom. The Crusaders followed Fluttershy outside to start working with the animals. Fluttershy had a bag of food for all the squirrels, birds and other creatures the likes of that. She took out a bowl to put the food in. Looking at the crusaders who were just following her lead. She noticed that Scootaloo kept looking up in sky with an expression that looked like she was looking for something. She walked over to Scootaloo and asked, "Hey Scootaloo? Why are you looking up into the sky? " "I wanna see if Rainbow Dash is flying around!" Scootaloo was looking up into the patchy grey sky. "Oh I dont know if your gonna see her. In fact I haven't seen her all day either. I wonder where she is. Hey girls? If you wanna come with me to look for Rainbow then you can." A few minutes later Scootaloo was the only one who agreed to come with Fluttershy Apple Bloom and the others decided to just go back home since they came to the conclusion that this was not their calling. Fluttershy and Scootaloo went down to Ponyville to look for Rainbow, they asked quite a few ponies to see if they had seen her sometime that day and every pony that they asked told them the same answer, "No." "Hey Scoots?" "Ya?" "I'm going to see if Rainbow is at her house, do you want to come?" Scootaloo jumped with joy as her wings fluttered with much excitement. "YES!" She was pretty sure that Rainbow Dash was just at her house sleeping in. Fluttershy arrived at Rainbows cloud house while carrying Scootaloo in her arms, "My my Scootaloo your getting pretty heavy for me to carry you? Why did you even come with me in the first place?" Fluttershy questioned the tan Pegasus filly. "I want to say thanks for yesterday, she showed me some pretty awesome flying tricks!" Scootaloo replied to the yellow Pegasus. Fluttershy acknowledged Scootaloo and walked into cloud house. After calling Rainbows name a dew times and getting no answer she decided to go to her room. She looked into the room and saw that Rainbow wasn't sleeping in her bed. Her eyes widened and she ran out of the room in search of her cyan friend. "Where is she WHERE IS SHE!?" Fluttershy looked through the entire house and was now in a full blown panic attack. She couldn't find Rainbow anywhere. Scootaloo noticed the worried look on Fluttershy's face and asked what was wrong? "I can't find her anywhere!" Fluttershy said as loud as she could. Scootaloo was kind of worried but then again she reassured herself because she knew that wherever Rainbow Dash was she was probably not in a lot of trouble that would probably endanger her life. Author's Note Hello everypony! Sorry Its been a month since I last updated this story but I had some serious doubts about this fanfic. But since it is my first and I am not the best writer yet, Ill try my best to finish it! I mean, Ill never get better if I dont finish this! (Practice makes perfect!) Anyways I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! :)
Ch 5: Struggles"Water... I need water..." Thought Rainbow. Looking around for something, anything to drink. All she saw was sand, rocks, and more sand. She hadn't had anything to drink now for two days now. Her mind had slowly been wearing away at the very edges. Becoming a mindless zombie almost. Only thinking the words in her mind of anything she had to say to herself. She had lost the energy and will to talk long ago.. Trapped.. She thought to herself. I'm definitely trapped. Many thoughts ran through the cyan pegasus' mind. Thoughts about ever seeing her friends again. Thoughts about if she was ever going to even escape this disgusting rock that she had been trapped under for almost the entirety of two days. Thoughts about herself. Herself. Had she brought this upon herself? Her bullheadedness had gotten her into this horrid mess after all. There was no more use in getting angry or sad. She had already done all of those things long before. When she still had a glimmering chance of hope of survival and escape. Looking back at her wing. If you can call it a wing anymore. She saw the dried blood that had slowly pooled around under the rock from her accident. She had stared at that rock. Starting blankly at it with her magenta eyes. Just looking. All hope was lost in her. Her mind had gone through every memory, every fun time, every moment spent with all the ponies that she had met in her life. The Wonderbolts, her friends, her parents, everyone. Rainbow had exhausted every possible opportunity to spend times with her own friends. Her mind was slowly seeping from her head like the blood had from her now destroyed wing. All the thoughts had been building. She was angry. Angry at herself. Angry at fate. Angry at life. She couldn't help but kick up pebbles and dirt up from the ground with her hoof. That was when she realized how weak her body was. The way she felt after lightly kicking up some dirt was like racing to Canterlot from Ponyville 20 times back and forth. She layed there. Not even daring to move any muscle inside her body. Slowly moving her eyes up to stare at the beaming blue sky. A lone tear had slowly gone down her cheek. That was the only sign of sadness she could give in this situation. She then realized something. She stuck her tongue out of her dry mouth that was probably just as dry as the ground beneath her and felt the tear touch her tongue. She brought it slowly back into her mouth. Careful not to drop this source of water. To her astonishment, the tear had provided a refreshing drop of water. For the first time since this entire ordeal had started she finally had felt relief instead of pain. Even though the tear was extremely salty, it had quenched her thirst, but only slightly. She wanted more. Her body ached for more water. So... Thirsty... Her impatient mind had grown used to this. She had thought that maybe after a day or two somepony should come and rescue her. Right? Seconds seemed like hours, hours seemed like days, and days seemed like years for her. Waiting.. She thought to herself. Just, waiting. She had memorized every single surrounding object within her vicinity. Looking around if she could find a possible way out. She once more turned her head for the thousandth time and stared straight at the boulder laying on top of her. Looking at the dried blood. Blood, blood, wait a second. Blood! Rainbow then looked around. Even though incredibly difficult to move around her she had put all of her mind and physical force into doing so. She then found it. A sharp enough looking rock. She had never once thought about doing what she was about to do, but she had no other choice. She had hardly urinated over the past few days. Twice or maybe three times. She had been disgusted by the fact of having her own urine inside of her mouth, but she had braved it out. Eventually she had stopped urinating all together. She stared at the sharp enough rock looking slightly like a razor blade. It had an almost nice sleek and sharp look on it. It's bit dull, but it should get the job done. She looked around her body for the perfect incision point. After going through which point would be best to drink from, as well as trying to remember anything from her anatomy class so she would miss puncturing any major arteries she was ready to begin. She had found the best place to do this was in the base of her foreleg. Not on the bottom where her artery was, but on top. Just a small cut will do. Rainbow thought to herself. It had started. She was starting to become frightened as her thoughts were telling her that she did not have to go such drastic measures. But what other choice did she have? Just sit there and die? To sit there patiently waiting for Celestia herself to just land there and fly her away? She held the makeshift rock blade. Staring blankly into the edge of it. Looking at it made her sick. Knowing that she did not want to even do this, but she was determined to survive. Driven on, tried to keep calm. Looking down at her foreleg, her cyan, matted, and dusty fur, covered from days of not showering were about to be cut open, and blood covered. She stared bleakly once more at her weapon. Slowly, she inched the blade closer to her skin. Thoughts of what it was going to feel like to how painful it was going to be were flying through her mind. She bared it no more as she closed her eyes and made a small incision into the top layer of her skin. Feeling a slight prick she looked down at her arm and noticed a good amount of blood was coming forth. Rainbow was a bit frightened by this. Did I hit an artery??? She quickly bared down on it. The taste had hit her pretty hard. The metallic taste of blood which she had rarely ever tasted in her entire lifetime was now the only she could taste. Resisting the urge to suck the wound, or barf, she only had to lick it as the blood spewed forth. She was worried if she would lose too much blood from doing this, but at the moment she did not care. She had finally gotten a drink. Even if it was something entirely different and completely unorthodox. Seeing her now fully clotted wound she had made. She stared it. The fur around it was still slightly wet from her saliva and the blood which had been from the wound. Looking down at the dull razor like rock, covered in dried blood her mind was now reeling with questions. She had filled herself with as much blood as she could possibly have, and had felt slightly better even if she had lost some of her blood. It had taken a good deal of time for her wound fully clot. The sun was about halfway between the the "noon" part of the sky and the horizon. Rainbow thought it was around 4ish. Possibly later. She did not even realize how much time had gone by. Looking back, at her wing an idea was slowly coming into view. Nothing was out here. But a blunt knife like rock, herself and a giant boulder that does not give in to her excessive pushing and shoving. She had been thinking and plotting this idea since a few hours after she had gotten trapped under this rock in the first place. She did not want it to have to come to this sort of conclusion. But just as with the decision of cutting her own arm for the sake of not dying of thirst, she had to do the impossible. She had to cut her wing off. She shuddered at the very thought. Wondering how she could pull such a feat off? It would take just about all the energy she still had. The mare was relentless though, struggling for just a small, minuscule glimmer of hope. It can't happen. I-I'll just wait for somepony.. The mare couldn't even think. The door for herself being able to be freed from this cursed rock, this cursed valley was open and in reach! It was literally just a cut away. Author's Note I'm back! Haha! >:D Okay. I totally forgot my password and account name so I couldn't use this account for a while.. I feel as if I've gotten better at writing and that I can continue on as well with this story. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and yes this book will be continuing on. After MONTHS of hiatus.
