Escape to the North

             The echo of the hooves striking the ground carrying on through out the woods. A long time has passed since Twillight left her friends. She thought, that it's the only way to save them.However she was wrong, now she was alone in this dark, gloomy forest, where they only friend you have is your echo. Twilight could hear it, and it was beginning to make her furious.The purple alicorn wanted to come back to her friends, but what if she couldn't find them? Then she will remain alone in the middle of the forest, somewhere up North, surrounded by her own voice bouncing off trees, and hitting her with the stenght of a tornado.

           The leader of Friendship Magic was broken. One part of her conscious was saying, that she made wrong decision, while the other part was saying that she was right. Which part was telling her the truth? Twilight didn't know. The purple alicorn hoped that her friends are alright...that Rarity is alright.

Suddenly she stopped, was that... smoke? Wolves' herd didn't continue to travel? It was very strange. Twilight trotted fast towards the camp's direction.

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            "You know? This forest is very creepy", Twilight heard some pony's voice on her right. The purple alicorn jumped into a bushes and laid down.

        "Indeed, but I'm worried about our princess, something bad has happened to her." exclaimed hoarse voice.

       "You're right, but what can we do? She is our Master and we must execute her orders," quiet voice stated sadly.

        "Maybe we can kill her? Or something to stop her? " said gruff voice said hopefully.

        Twilight moved towards carefully Why didn't I try to get a good look at them earlier? she thought while mentally kicking herself.

      "No. Are you crazy? Did you forget what happened to our friends? Gold shield was torn to pieces!" somepony yelled hoarsely.

           Twilight found good looking position, now she could see those ponies. The first of them was a blue unicorn with a grey tail and purple mane. His cutie mark was a long, silver sword with a gold handle. His companion was a black earth pony who was sweeping his white tail nervously. His cutie mark was covered by a red cloak.

          "Yes I remember! Do you think it's easy ordering around soldiers, even though you know that those soldiers will break everypony's values!?" shouted the black stallion.

        The unicorn looked at the commander with compassion and put her hoof on his companion's back.

       "No matter what happens, I'll always serve you, Captain Long Sword. You are a good soldier," the unicorn whispered.

Hmm, So he is a captain thought Twilight, What if I kill him? The black magic ash began to bleed from her eyes. Twilight shook her head and magic sand disappeared. No! I won't be like Celestia.

    Suddenly something moved in the bushes, near the soldiers.

      "What was that?" said the blue soldier.

        Something came out from bushes

     "Who are you?!"  captain Long Sword yelled. The unicorn grasped his shining sword using a magic.

       The stranger stepped forward.

      "Rarity?" whispered a suprised Twilight.

      "Hey, ain't this mare one of those ponies who ran away with those wolves?" exclaimed the black earth pony.

        Rarity was terryfied, she tried ran away, but unicorn throw something in her direction, and white unicorn fell onto the ground.

         "You're coming with us. Celestia is looking for ya" stated the black earth pony. As his cloak moved, Twilight could see his cutie mark. It was a butcher knife.

     Twilight quickly jumped out from her hiding place and lit up her horn.

     The soldiers turned around in the direction of the newcomer, but it was too late. They fell down with broken necks at same time.

    Twilight walked up to Rarity, who was lying on the ground with associated hooves and staring at the dead bodies with disgust. Even in the darkness Twilight could see her terrified face.

      "Are you ok?" The purple alicorn asked and released Rarity's hooves from thin rope. The unicorn got up and started to ran.  Twilight caught her skirmish friend using her magic and levitated the unicorn towards her.

       "Rarity, calm down. You're safe now." Twilight said soothingly. Yeah. She is alright, thought the princess of friendship. Rarity stopped ranning so the alicorn put her on the ground.

      "Why are you here?" the two friends asked simultaneously.

        "You first." Rarity stated quickly. Twilight rolled her eyes.

      "I wanted to return to our group, I saw a rainboom and remembered that the same rainboom created out friendship." she explained.

   Rarity looked at her curiously.

   "You're turn, why did you run away?" Twilight questioned.

     Rarity took a deep breath, "After you escaped, I knew there was no hope in getting my magic back. I felt useless so I decided to find you. I thought you still can help me to restore my power".

     "It's all my fault," Twilight cried while lowering her head, "I should've saved Pinkie Pie, I should've thrown away that black magic book" tears were now trickling down her purple cheeks.

      "It's not your fault." Rarity said sternly, trying her best to comfort Twilight.

     "Captain, Sword, where are you!?" somepony yelled in the distance.

      "We must go." Rarity exclaimed, but Twilight was laying on the ground and kept crying.

      "I should be dead." Twilight whispered. Oh come on! the unicorn thought as she grabbed her friend's head.

      "Come on, we have to go! You won't help us if you die!" Rarity almost shouted, knocking some sense into Twilight.

     "R-Rarity?" the purple alicorn asked in surprise.

      "We must leave this place right now!" said Rarity jumped into bushes holding Twilight.

    "Hey, the captain is dead! Quick, call the guards! Move, move, move!" somepony shouted as the two friends were galloping through the woods.

   Rarity and Twilight were running until the shouts were starting to become quieter and quieter.

      "I th-think w-we lost th-them." the white unicorn gasped when the noise of soldiers disappeared in the background.

     "Ma-maybe, bu-t I won't s-stop", said Twilight cathing her breath and looking at her friend galloping behind her.

    Twilight turned her head toward at the same moment, when Rarity disappeared.

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          The sun raised.

           "Look, there's somepony over here!" hollered a blue earth pony soldier who was standing near a small but deep hole in the ground.

      Another two brown earth ponies came to their comrade and took a look. Indeed, inside the hole was a white, unconscious unicorn.