Cherry's tearful goodbye with her mother didn't last long. After a minute or two she was pulled out of the room, and some of Cherry's friends entered. It went on like that for a while, before Cherry was allowed to leave. They brought her back to the rickety elevator, and she took a nervous gulp. She soon exited the elevator with a sigh of relief, but was then pushed out of the building. Silver Fire was saying something about how wonderful Canterlot is, and oh you two will love it there! Cherry rolled her eyes. she chose to instead look at the two massive stallions guarding her and blaze from behind.

One was a Pegasus, and one was a unicorn, and each was as bulky as an earth pony. Cherry began thinking if there was any way of escape. She scanned them carefully. They we're definitely stronger than her, and probably faster. But, she did know the area better, and there was a chance she was smarter than them, in some ways. She glanced at Silver Fire. A unicorn, but not very skilled at magic by the looks of it. Cherry looked at the path they were following. If they really were heading toward the train station, then we'll have to pass through a small forest. She grinned. It would be the perfect place to escape. The unicorn couldn't focus on magic if he kept running into trees. And Cherry learned the hard way that flying in a forest was a bad idea.

She began thinking of a more complex plan, and was so lost in thoughts, she almost missed what she was planning for. They were going down the dirt road, and Silver Fire was complaining about how dirty the districts were. Cherry turned her gaze to the right, at the bundle of trees. She kept looking, until she found what she was looking for. a gap! She took a deep breath and opened her wings. She then forced them down in a mighty heave and felt herself leave the ground. She landed in front of the forest, and without a second to spare, jumped into the gap in the trees. She could already hear the stallions pounding after her, and she felt herself already growing tired. She kept jumping back and forth between the trees expertly, while she did hear the stallions bump into a few of them. She began flapping her wings to propel herself forward, and started thinking happily, this might work!

Then suddenly, a loud boom was heard, and then sickly sizzling. Cherry didn't have to look back to see what it was. The unicorn was getting angry. She could feel the magic power radiating from the sweaty stallion behind her, and she heard him charging up to blast again. She squeezed her eyes shut and hoped for the best when she felt a searing pain in her hoof... and a beam of blue light passing over her? She glanced down and got a mouthful of dirt, and realized she tripped on a rock. She looked up at the two angry stallions hovering over her. The unicorn forcefully lifted her up in his magic, and purposely dragged her along the forest floor, back to the road.

"Well now, that was a very disappointing thing to do, you should be grateful that you get to participate in this glorious event!" Silver Fire scolded Cherry when they got back to the road. She was thankful when she was let go of the unicorns magical grasp, but was back to annoyed when he levitated a sword a few inches from her throat. Well, I guess I cant try that again.. She grimly thought. They continued on in silence, all of them thinking about Cherry's earlier escape attempt. Soon, they finally arrived at the old train station, and Cherry was surprised at the amazing crystal train parked on the rails. As she trotted up to the door she noticed a small, faded imprint beside the wheel. Pro----y -f th- C--st-l Em---e was all she could make out. She narrowed her eyes and began to wonder what it could have originally said, before she was forcefully shoved into the train by the Pegasus guard.

Once they entered, the Pegasus lead Cherrycloud down a hall, while the unicorn brought Blaze down another. They trotted on in more awkward silence, when the guard suddenly swerved right, causing Cherry to bump into him. When she stood back up, he was glaring at her. "This will be your personal room for the two day trip we are taking to Canterlot. In exactly Fifteen minutes you will be escorted to the dining car where you shall eat your evening meal and meet your mentor." He said in a gruff voice. Cherry snorted and walked into her room, and she swore she could see the stallion rolling his eyes at her.

She glanced around the room. It was fancy. There was a tiny kitchen to the side where you walk in, and a large window to see the rolling hills passing by the fast moving train. There were two couches, similar to the ones back where she said her goodbyes, so she didn't dare sit in one yet. There were two doors on opposite sides of the room. One was a bathroom, and the other seemed to be a bedroom. Cherry went into the bedroom and observed more. There was a plush bed, with black covers. The pillow was white, with a picture of Nightmare Moon's cutie mark, reminding Cherry once more of her blank flank.

She sighed, and went to sit on the bed. It wasn't as dangerous as the couches, but she still sank into it. She fell back on it and stared at the ceiling, letting all her thoughts go. Eventually, she began to wonder about the imprint she saw at the train door. She narrowed her eyes, and sat up. She glanced at the nightstand, and saw several scrolls of paper piled up. A quill and ink were next to it. Cherry snorted.Of course they would want us to make some sort of diary, so they could read what we were thinking before we died... great. Cherry got out of the bed and sat in the comfortable chair. She took a piece of paper and the quill and began writing what she remembered of the imprint.

There's gotta be other imprints of it somewhere on the train, she thought determinedly, I may as well be doing something on this train for two days. Once she finished writing what she remembered, there was a knock on the door. She stood up and trotted over. She opened the door the see the Pegasus again. "We are ready to take you to the dining hall. Come." Cherry sighed again and followed reluctantly, closing the door behind her.

Author's Note

Hello again readers! I have a question for ya. Would you prefer long chapters and slow updates, or short chapters with (reletivley) quick updates? Also don't worry! OCs are coming up soon!