MLP STORY BOOK: Collection Of One Shots and Short Stories

A Mare's Hero

(THIS IS SURE SHOT)

It was a quiet night in Ponyville. Until sirens went off. A brown pony galloped away from the local gem store as fast as he could. His saddle bags filled with expensive jewels. He heard screams and heard yelling at him to halt, but he kept going. He was about to the entrance to the forest when a blue flash tackled him. He hit the ground and the stolen jewels fell out everywhere. "Not cool" the pony who had him pinned down said. "Get him boys" he heard a male pony order. Two ponies stood him up as an unicorn pony used his magic to put magical cuffs on his hooves. "Who is this guy?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"This is Sure Shot" one of the guard ponies said, "he's a thief we've been trying to catch for a year".

"He's robbed ponies all over Equestria" another pony said.

"You guys take him in and I'll return the jewels" Rainbow Dash said picking up the jewels.

"You'll pay for this" Sure Shot said in a rough voice as they trotted passed Rainbow Dash. "Dude, don't do the crime if ya can't do the time" Rainbow Dash gloated flying off. The guards locked Sure Shot in a cell while they went over paperwork. He looked around the cell for anything he could use to get out. That's when he noticed he still had his saddle bags. All he needed to do was distract the guards so he could break out. He reached into his mane and pulled out a tiny green ball and tossed over to the guard's desk. It suddenly burst into a big green puff and knocked the guarding ponies out. He then took one of his arrows and shoved it in the lock. After a few minutes of fiddling around he heard a clicking noise and the door unlocked. He threw his saddle bags over his back and hurried out of the cell. He grabbed his Bow from the desk and dashed out of the guard tower and vanished into the forest. The next day Rainbow Dash and Twilight were sitting in the doctor's office. "Well Rainbow Dash, it's not broken, but you did sprain it" the doctor said, "so no flying for at least a week"

"What?!" Rainbow gasped, "Doc, I gotta fly!"

"No flying for a week Dash" Twilight said.

"Ugh fine!" Rainbow Dash huffed as she crossed her front hooves. As Rainbow Dash and Twilight were walking back to Twilight's Library one of the guard ponies from the night before came up to them. "Rainbow Dash" he greeted, "we have some bad news"

"What?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Sure Shot has escaped" The guard said. The girls gasped.

"Escaped how?" Rainbow asked.

"He knocked out the guarding ponies with some type of gas and used an arrow to unlock his cell" the guard pony told them.

"So what should I do?" Rainbow asked trying not to sound worried.

"Just don't go anywhere alone" the pony guard said trotting off.

"It's settled Dash, you're not going anywhere without one of us with you" Twilight stated. As the days went by the officer ponies had yet to find Sure Shot. Rainbow was hanging out at Sugarcube Corner with Pinkie Pie. Pinkie was working on some special cupcakes. "Oh horsefeathers" Pinkie said with a sad look on her face.

"What's wrong Pinkie" Rainbow Dash asked hovering over her.

"I don't have the super sweet gummy berries I need for my cupcakes" she said as she looked at her cupcake batter. "Where do you get them?" Rainbow asked.

"Just inside the Everfree Forest" Pinkie Pie admitted.

"I can go get ya some" Dash offered.

"I don't know" Pinkie said, "me and the others have been ordered not leave you alone"

"Just going to gather berries Pinkie" Dash reminded.

"Ok I'll walk to the forest with ya at least" Pinkie announced as they started toward the forest. "Ok pinkie you stay here and I'll gallop in and fill the basket with berries" Dash said as she grabbed the basket in her teeth and headed into the forest.

Sure Shot was gathering wood for a fire when he heard hoof steps. He peeked through the bushes his was hidden behind and smiled evilly. It was Rainbow Dash. He grabbed his bow and slung his saddle bags on and quietly followed Rainbow Dash. Rainbow had just filled the basket with green, red, and yellow gummy berries. "Hello, Rainbow" she heard somepony say. She turned around and it was Sure Shot. She gasped and dropped the basket of berries. "You" she said.

"You seem surprised to see me" Sure Shot said with evil laced in his words.

"I don't want trouble" Rainbow said backing away a bit.

"You should have thought about that before you tackled me that night night!" Sure Shot yelled as he grabbed his bow. Rainbow took off and he was right behind her. "HELP!" Rainbow called.

Zenith Spark was doing what he loved to do, fly when he heard yelling. He looked down and saw a blue rainbow maned pegasus running from a brown earth pony with a bow. He knew right away it was Rainbow Dash and he knew she was in trouble.

Dash hid behind a tree. She was trying to catch her breath when an arrow dashed by making a branch fall off the tree and she took off again. Sure Shot was right behind her. He was about to add another arrow to his bow when a yellow blur kicked it out of his hoof. He looked up and there hovering in the air was a yellow pegasus who also had a rainbow mane and tale. "What are you doing?!" Sure Shot screamed.

"Stopping a creep like you from hurting anypony" Zenith said as he went to tackle him. Sure Shot dodged his attack and headed for his bow. He almost reached it when he was tackled. He and Zenith tumbled around until they stopped right at the the entrance of the forest. "That's it Rainbow boy!" Sure Shot threatened getting into his defensive stance. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE SURE SHOT!" somepony said through a bull horn. He looked behind him and it was the guards. He started to take off into the forest again when Zenith once again tackled him. This helped the guards to cuff him and put him in their wagon. Pinkie and Twilight galloped toward Rainbow and hugged her. "Thank Celestia you're alright" Twilight said.

"Thanks to this stallion over here" Rainbow Dash said pointing to Zenith.

"It was no problem to help out a fellow awesome flyer" Zenith stated spreading his wings.

"Maybe when my wing heals we can fly together" Rainbow Dash said.

"Deal" Zenith said as they all headed back into Ponyville. "One thing that I don't get is how the guards knew we were in the forest" Rainbow Dash pondered.

"I heard you yelling for help and dashed to get them" Pinkie said. Rainbow Dash smiled.

"What's your name?" Twilight asked Zenith.

"Zenith Spark" He said closing up his wings.