The Usual Life of an Unusual Pony

        Rainbow bolted out of the forest right into Fluttershy. "Fluttershy! Where's everypony else?!" Rainbow questioned Fluttershy who was too petrified to speak. "Look," Rainbow collected herself to speak, "It's not about you it's about Knight. Now please tell me to where everypony is." Rainbow asked once more.

        "Back at Applejack's barn trying to console Pinkie I think." Fluttershy said and she quickly flew back to the barn. "What happened?" Fluttershy said to herself and flew after her. Rainbow arrived first of course, and opened the doors to see only her friends in side and a crying Pinkie on the floor.

        "Pinkie, please," Twilight began, "It wasn't your party that drove them away. You just weren't here prior to what happened." Twilight said. Rarity saw Rainbow enter and began to speak.

        "Oh Dash, look what you guys did to Pinkie!" Rarity said but Rainbow simply ignored her.

        "Guys! Iknowthatwemadequiteanexit! ButIneedtoaskforforgivenessandyourhelp!" Rainbow spoke faster than Pinkie.

        "Woah, slow down their sugar. What's wrong?" Applejack said and she calmed and started again. Fluttershy then flew down into the barn.

        "Guys I'm sorry about what happened. I just didn't know that anypony was in here now Knight is gone." Rainbow said.

        "He leave you already? Just like a stallion to do that." Rarity told her.

        "No, he's been taken." Rainbow said.

        "TAKEN?!" They almost all screamed.

        "By who?" Twilight asked.

        "The... The changelings!" Rainbow said.

        "You’re kidding, right? Not the same ones as in Canterlot I hope." Twilight recalled the situation a few months ago.

        "I can't be sure. But he's somewhere in the forest now." Rainbow explained.

        "Well then how are we supposed to find him?" Twilight asked.

        "The forest is a big place." Spike said drinking some left over punch. Rainbow looked to Fluttershy and she smiled.

        "Fluttershy, have you seen anything unusual in the forest lately?" She asked.

        "Nothing that I can tell." Fluttershy said. "I barely go in there." She sat down to think.

        "Well great, we have no location or area to go on." Twilight said. "We'd have to split up and cover the whole forest." She said.

        "Well, what are we waiting for?" Rainbow said and flew toward the forest.

        "I would have suggested partners." Twilight sighed and they all ran after her. Rainbow came to a halt before entering the forest.

        "Ok Dash," She said to herself, "You can do this for Knight. For Knight." She repeated and entered. A few seconds later the rest came to the forest they looked for Rainbow.

        "Y'all think she went in?" Applejack said.

        "Bet she did. Ok, everyone get a partner and go." Twilight suggested, but no pony heard her and they all went inside. "It's hard to save a pony when no pony listens." She said and entered after them.

        "No... Not here... No..." Rainbow continued looking under everything from rocks to leaves. "Gah! Why now? Stupid changelings and their... Venom? I'm gunna rip there teeth out if I find them." She came to a cave. "Uh..." She contemplated going inside. "Oh come on! Why couldn't they've got me? Atleast Knight can see in the dark! Oh whatever." She said and slowly went into the cave.

        "Uh, Pinkie," Twilight watched Pinkie look under every rock, "I don't think they'd be under pebbles." She said.

        "You never know Twilight. Never." Pinkie said and Twilight just rolled her eyes and continued.

        "I wonder where Rainbow is." Rarity said avoiding some mud.

        "I hope nothing happened to her." Fluttershy said.

        "I'm sure she can handle herself that mare's strong and not afraid of anything." Applejack said.

        "I don't like this... Not one bit." Spike said. "Good thing Knight is nice and has pony's that care about him." He pushed a branch out of his way and almost hit Twilight in the face.

        "Hey! Watch it there are others here!" She yelled at Spike.

        "Hold it together Dash. You got this." Rainbow said trembling she felt her way around with her hoof. "Ah!" She felt her hoove submerge in something cold. "Ugh, just mud or at least I hope it is." She continued like that for a bit. "Ow!" She hit something sharp. "What the...?" She saw two blue eyes open.

        "Hello..." She heard a scythed voice.

        "Uh oh." She said. It threw her up against a wall.

        "Thanks for waking me up. She'd be mad if I let a pony get through." It said. "Not that I mind getting a snack..." It leaned in. "Although It’s more of a dinner." It said right next to her ear

        "Get away!" She shoved it away.

        "A little work for a meal?" It laughed, pouncing at her pushing and holding her forearms down. "Oh, you’re more of a meals combined." She felt it's sharp teeth at her neck.

        "One thing though.” She said.

        "What's that?" It asked kissing at her neck.

        "You should probably hold all the legs down." The changeling had no time to question, she pulled her back legs in and kicked throwing it up. She heard a thud above her.

        "Ugh," She heard it a few feet away. "You..." She swung a hoof at it. She went to do an other but it ducked and she felt it's sharp teeth pierced her skin.

        "AHH!" She screamed.

        "Your not gunna kick now." It laughed and she fell over and what she heard began to fade.

        "Hey... Hey wake up. Come on, please." She heard a soft pony’s voice.

        "Ugh, what happened?" She asked rubbing her head.

        "Well a couple of them threw you in here. They mumbled something about saving you from something..." The pony said.

        "Then, what happened?" She said looking around the room then to the pony. He had a grey coat with a black pulled back mane and short black tail. His mark was of three four leaf clovers.

        "I don't know, they kind of just threw you here." He said to her.

        "And who are you?" She asked sitting on the floor.

        "I could ask you the same." He said.

        "I'm Rainbow Dash. I'm here to find somepony." She said extending her hoof.

        "I'm Lucky Clover, did Olive send you?" He asked shaking her hoof.

        "Who? No, I'm here for a stallion named Knight. Have you seen him?" She asked in hope.

        "No I haven't, are you two together?" He asked.

        "Yeah," She wispered the rest of her sentence to herself, "Why didn't I wait for my friends?" She asked herself.

        "He must be lucky to have a pony like you by his side." She smiled. "I don't even know what my mare did." He laid down on a bed. " She could've left and found another stallion for all I know!" He stared at the ceiling.

        "She would've never loved you if she did." Rainbow said.

        "Yeah, but I did love her I would've went and tried to get her back." He said. She looked around the cell. "Looking for a way

out? I already tried this place is like a prison on an island. You get out you'd have to swim or in this case fight though an army." He said to her.

        "Well, then we'd build a raft out of coats. There's always a way around any situation." She said raising hope.

        "Yeah, I'm gunna get some sleep I've been awake Luna knows how long." He said closing his eyes.

        A spark came from Twilight's horn. "There." She said giving light. "Now it's easier to see. I wonder how Rainbow can do this without light." She said.

        "I don't know, but I'm doubting she's having a good time." Applejack said.

        "Through her nervousness and tears." Rarity laughed to herself.

        "I'm sure Rainbow’s not crying." Twilight said.

        "Not until she gives up which in that case we'd be here forever." Spike said.

        "True, since she's loyal to her friends, I don't know how she would be to her lover." Rarity said.

        "Immensely." Twilight said. "I just hope she's ok." She said looking around a tree.