Struggle

by Rocktavius Dashylight

Evil's Ahoof

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"Oh, dear Celestia..." Frank, Pinkie, Twi, and Rarity stared at the burning cottage. Frank didn't wait for a plan, he just ran in through the door.

The animals were scampering away, which was a good thing. "Fluttershy?" Frank moved to the side to avoid a falling burning ember. "Fluttershy?!?!" He galloped, to speed up the process, but tripped.

Frank got up to see Trey laying on the ground, what he tripped on. "Trey. Trey." Frank shook him franticaly, but to no avail.

Frank promised not to use his power after moving to Ponyville, but he had to.

"Division" Trey shrank to the size of a doll, and Frank gently put him in his bag with his magic. Fluttershy still couldn't be found. The smoke was causing Frank to cough, meaning he was running out of air.

He could kill the fire with a click of the hooves, but they'll react to him as a threat, like the last ponies did. But Fluttershy could die if he didn't stop it.

He had to. For Fluttershy. "Subtraction" The fire imploded and vanished. A puff of smoke was all that remained of the burning cottage. The gasps from outside came instantly, and he knew it was a mistake.

Frank continued looking for Fluttershy. When he found her, it wasn't pretty. Her mane was cinged. She had a few burns on her body, but nothing huge. Frank picked her up in the same fashion he picked Trey up, and walked out.

Instantly, when he trotted out of the door, " What happened in there?" "Did you save Fluttershy?" "Was Trey in the house?" "How did you extinguish the fire?" Instead of answering, he pulled Fluttershy and Trey out of his sack, both wrapped in napkins. The crowd gasped.

"I need to get these two to the hospital. If you'll excuse me." Frank trotted away.

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Twilight was a bit confused. For one, three of her friends were in the hospital. Second, Rainbow never came back from dinner. Third, that house fire was caused by lightning, but it wasn't supposed to storm today. Fourth, the fire vanished, leaving the house rebuildable. Finally, FRANK somehow put out the fire AND shrunk Trey and Fluttershy. He was too powerful.

A threat, maybe. But, he saved Fluttershy and Trey, correct? They would be dead without him. So, he would be a hero, not an enemy.

Frank trotted out of the hospital room with his head hanging. "I guess I'll be leaving then. I'm a threat to Ponyville." Twilight grabbed him before he walked away.

"Frank! No."

Frank turned to the purple pony hanging on the side of his neck. "Why do you want me to stay? I'm--" His voice was cut off by a pair of lips covering his mouth. Twilight?! Kissing him?

He put his hooves behind her head and embraced it. Twi pulled away from him for a second. With a sparkle in her eye, she said, "I love you, Frank."

"But you've barely known me."

"This burning fire in my heart can not be mistaken for anything else." They embraced again.

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Rarity was sitting on the bench, listening to Pinkie Pie ramble, when Twilight kissed Frank. It was so cute. Rarity pulled out a hanky. Twilight finally found something to love besides her books.

It was just so beautiful.

But, there was a matter of who exactly injurred Applejack. AJ said she saw Twilight being the prosecuter, but is that possible? Frank will hopefuly help straiten this out.

Pinkie Pie bumped into Rarity as she was hopping around. "Watch yourself, Pinkie"

Also, Rainbow hasn't returned from eating. That's very odd for her.

Clearly, somepony was after them. Somepony that looks like Twilight, or maybe it IS Twilight. But why worry about that with this love scene playing out in front of them.

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Frank held Twilight in his arms, his delicate flower. He could never let her go. His Sparkle.

What happened next was unexpected.

She held her head, groaned, and fainted. "Twilight?!"

Her head flashed up, eyes beemin red. Twi kicked Frank back and...flew...out the window. "Twilight?!" Frank was still in shock when Pinkie and Rarity ran up to him to help him up.

Twilight?!

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William snapped out of his writing trance, in the middle of a sentence. That's unusual...

The dream came back to him. The Strati. The CTC. Room 66. The rainbow hair. The mirror. He felt the urge of checking it out.

Will trotted to the door. Stratus stood at the doorway. "Sorry, sir. You can't leave at the moment." What? Something's going on.

Will pushed against the guard and forced his way out the door. "We got a runner. Floor four," the guard said in his radio. Strati started charging at Will. What's goin' on?

Will jumped up above the first gurads, and pushed past the others. He flew threw lightning bolts that three others shot. He had to Get to floor 6.

Will hopped onto the elevator with guards chasing him. Floor 6 opened up to him a few seconds later, to be met with more guards.

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Falling.....falling....falling.....down a black space. Screaming. Rainbow shot up in her bed....or was it her bed? She couldn't remember.

Alone... Just...alone. That's what Rainbow Dash was. No friends. No love. Nothing. Rainbow awoke to a strange place with nopony around. Just her and her thoughts. The lingering vortex of darkness threatening to swallow her whole.

She was lost. Lost from herself. Her identity...mixed up and all wrong. She felt death knocking at her door, pleading to come in. Her hoof was on the nob.

Death seemed better than this. Being alone. Lonliness has stolen most of her life. And nopony cared.

She obviously didn't have any friends. If she did, they would be busting down that door trying to find her. A neglected soul.

A tear slipped down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away, for it was a sign of weakness. And weakness meant losing. She's lost enough, and she didn't want to lose anymore.

She closed her eyes, and turned the door nob, about to let death enter. Nopony would care, let alone miss her. She was a nopony. She picked up the knife. "Goodbye, cruel world."

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