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Saving the Mare

It a beginning of a new day and a new...
troubling moment that she knew the CMC (Cutie Mark Crusaders) have gotten into.
Applejack was luckily walking by The Everfree Forest.
She suddenly heard a young filly's scream that sounded a lot like Apple Bloom in a way. "Was that Apple Bloom!?" She said looking terrified of the sound. "Ah gotta help her!" It wasn't only Apple Bloom, but the whole gang was there. Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom was there. But she didn't know this yet until she found them.

She ran into the forest worried and scared. Worried for Apple Bloom and scared because she was in the Everfree Forest.
"Apple Bloom?" Applejack kept yelling her name out but no response from her at all. She finally found her, or them. "Apple Bloom!"
"Applejack, help us!" Applejack saw a manticore in front of them slowly walking towards the three ponies.
"Hurry up Applejack!" Applejack was thinking on what to do, then and idea came to mind. Not only did she live on a farm but she had a way for brewin' up a starm for ideas in these situations as well
"Hold on, I got a plan! Just don't move." Applejack threw a average sized rock at the beast which only made it madder.
"Oh buck." She knew that this time it was a bad idea. Usually she would have much better then this one. "Just run, Ah'll distract it!
The CMC ran out the forest without any second thoughts about Applejack facing a manticore on her own. She's a vary strong pony after all.
She tried fighting off the beast but this one was stronger then the last, this one resisted the attack of the mare. It was bigger to.
She was no match for it so she had no choice but to... "Gah!" Her hoof slipped as she noticed that she was dangerously close to the edge. Scared almost to death that she knew that she almost fell to her doom. "Bye bye!" She ran for it trying to lose it, She didn't lose it at all. It kept catching up with her and batting it's paws at her. it hit her a few times but really hard but she kept running away trying not to get hit. She finally lost it.
She was able to lose the one hell of a beast for once, but she was battered up real badly from those hits.
Luckily there was a Pegasus flying in the sky to save her. She thought it was Rainbow Dash but the body looked to bulky for a slim body. The only other Pegasy she knew were Fluttershy, Thunder Lane and Soarin'. It had to be Thunder Lane because he was way to big to be Fluttershy and he wasn't in a hurry like Soarin' would be.
Thunder Lane looked down floating in place. "Is that Applejack?" The dark grey Pegasus wasn't sure from a distance.
He lowered closer to see who it was. the only Earth Pony he knew that would be in a place like this was Applejack. He was slightly shocked to she that was hurt and laying on the ground in pain. "Applejack?" He said with a worried look on his face. "Are you ok?"
"Yea." She responded with a slight yelp of pain. "Just a bit bruised is all."
Thunder Lane knew she was going to be a bit stubborn and reject his help. After all she lived her whole life on a farm, apart from the fact that she moved to Manehattan for a little while. This is what he thought actually, to his surprise she didn't reject his help.
"Do you need any help?" A soon as he said that he started thinking.
"She won't accept your help at these times, she can be a stubborn as a mule.
"Yes actually, the pain is bearable right know, A manticore did hit me ." She didn't say it was a big o... "It was bigger then the last one Ah've seen." There she goes stealing my line!
"A man manticore? It must of been a big one then, I can even see a little blood on you. I should probably help you up and take you back to Sweet Apple Acres." This was the obvious thing to do seeing why he can't carry a mare like this one while flying, if he did he would throw hid back out. She would have to be lighter to carry her.
"I would appreciate that a lot Thunder Lane, when I get there I should probably get some rest."
She needed the rest after all what she have been through, she almost did fall to her death from being pushed back by the manticore.

As they walked out the dark forest they could finally smell fresh air and see blue skies.
Thunder Lane was less paranoid now that he's out of what he called 'The Forest of Discord' or 'Hell'. They walked all the way to her house through the apple trees of the acre. A few apples almost fell on them as they walked through the apple farm.
"Thank you again for helping me Thunder Lane, Ah can't thank you enough." She said with a look of happiness, fear and sweat on her face. "Ah'm quite tired right now, I should probably get some rest when I get inside, but before Ah do I have to do this." She leaned in and gave the dark grey stallion a hug. "Thank you."
When Applejack did this "one thing" Thunder Lane was speechless and had nothing to think of it.
But he did say... "Bye, AJ."

As she walked into the red barn house she was greeted with a worried look on Granny Smith and Big Macintosh.
"What happened Dearie?" Granny Smith said in a worried tone. "You look like you got beaten up." Witch was obvious.
"I was trying to save Apple Bloom and her friends from a manticore." She explained. "It was a strong and big one, and it got me a few times with it's Claws." That also explains where the scratches and bruises came from.
"Well I'm glad you saved them, and survived it." Saying in a good tone.
"Well you should get some rest now, you need it after all you've been through today." take a nap was what she was going to do anyways since it had been a hard day.
she started her way upstairs saying. "Well Ah'll be taking that nap now, wake me when it's dinner time."
When she got to the top of the stair she cried under her breath. "Owe, my side hurts after getting hit from that thing."
She tried walking it off until she got to her bedroom. "Ah'm just glad Ah'm still alive."