Meanwhile in Canterlot...
"But sister I have sensed a dark presence in Ponyville." Said Luna "I must go and investigate."
"No, we will stay here." Ordered Celestia.
"But sister actions must be taken." Luna interjected, "I will not sit idly while my Ponyville friends are in danger." Celestia raised a hoof "Do not worry sister we will remain vigilant and have a letter sent to Twilight. Rest assured that we won't sit idly, though we won't rush into what could be a trap." Celestia said. Luna mulled it over.
"Fine, but I will send a team of my royal guard over the town each night." She said, "They shall try to spot anything out of the ordinary." Celestia nodded,
"Then it is settled, I shall write the letter at once." The sisters hugged and went their different ways, but they did not spot the eyes watching from the far corner of the room...
0-The past always comes back.
Rainbow Dash had been having trouble sleeping lately, she would stay up late into the night tossing and turning, and yet she never fell asleep. This was a very uncommon problem for the Pegasus, as she generally fell asleep easily and slept soundly until awakening, at the moment she didn't have a clear approach to the problem. She threw her pillow at the wall, "Stupid pillow" she mumbled angrily. She slowly rose out of bed and onto all fours, and then, though rather unsteadily, she began a canter towards her bedroom door and eventually her kitchen. Knocking her hoof on the door frame, she entered the kitchen she started towards her cabinet when she heard a rustling coming from her living room. "Tank generally isn't up this late" she mumbled to herself, half asleep she started at a canter towards her living room to investigate the noise. Mumbling incoherently to herself she turned the corner and was greeted by a pony silhouette staring towards her with glowing blue eyes. "What are you doing here" she said, her voice slightly nervous yet still covered in bristles.
"You should have thought twice before taking what you did" Said the strange pony in a gravelly voice.
"Who are you," asked Rainbow her voice raising a little bit and starting to waver, "and what are you talking about?"
The strange pony grinned menacingly "Have you thought about me, or have you forgotten like the rest of them? You shall see why you do not interfere with me Rainbow Dash. And then you shall feel what you have brought yourself."
The pony then flared his wings and, chuckling, jumped out of Dashes window shattering it in the process. Rainbow started galloping towards the window when a wave of blistering heat hit her headfirst, and then another one, though stronger this time. Waves of heat assaulted Rainbow, intensifying in power and heat each time. As they continued to pulse through her, she collapsed on the floor, sobbing violently.
Rainbow got up, not knowing how long she had lay there crying. Her eyes puffy and red, she started towards her front door, not noticing a small discoloration on her windowsill. She quietly trotted over to her door, not making the slightest sound as she went over the glass. She opened her door and took of, wobbling slightly, in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres. She flew steadily sometimes accidentally dropping altitude by ten feet or more. When she finally got to the Apple orchards she was flying a mere 3 feet or so from the ground. Once she got to the nearest tree she climbed up, ever so slowly and curled into a ball on the lowest branch, starting to tear up again.
Applejack had never been the heaviest of sleepers, but that never bothered her, as she would have to wake up early in the morning to start working the farm. But one thing bothered Applejack this morning, and that was a feeling in her gut telling her that one of her friends was being troubled. But it was the intensity of that feeling that bothered her the most, as she started towards the edge of the fields the feeling slowly got stronger until she felt that her stomach was about to explode due to the pressure on it, she was ever so slightly concerned that this might happen. But then she saw the shaking ball of cyan fur, she slowly started towards the shape that was sitting in her tree when she heard the crying. She went from a slow crawl to a startlingly fast gallop in the blink of an eye, she went up to the tree and climbed up, clumsily but determinedly, she sat down next to Rainbow Dash and hugged her with all her might. When Rainbow started to gasping for air she let up her attack, "What's wrong sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"Somepony came to my house during the night" Rainbow said, still sniveling slightly.
"Who was it?" Applejack asked starting to tense up.
"I don't know, he said something about taking something from him, but I never took anything from anypony without giving it back." Rainbow replied starting to snuggle up against Aj revelling in her warmth.
"Did anything else happen?" Aj asked tense enough to rival the tree bark.
"Just something with magic and him jumping out my window." Replied Rainbow, now calm she started to spread her wings a little bit.
"Is that all?" Applejack asked for a final time. "Yes nothing else happened but me flying here." Said Rainbow starting to flap her wings every so often.
"Okay but if something else happens to you come back here I'll help." Said Aj starting to relax, "Now get outa mah tree or your gonna get kicked out".
Rainbow laughed and jumped down starting towards Ponyville, "See you later Aj." She called back, Applejack grinned and started down the tree.
She stopped halfway, "Did Rainbow just nuzzle me?" She asked herself quizzicaly, before heading of to the east field to start harvesting apples.
