Chapter Fourteen: Wild, Wild Appleoosa

A bit disheartened by last night’s events, I woke Spike and Sweetie Belle up, who were sleeping, rather peacefully, away from each other.

“WAAAAAAKE UPPP!” I yelled, startling them.

We packed up the tent and began hiking the last fifteen miles, with not much happening. About three hours later, we reached Appleoosa, and I noticed how different it was from Ponyville. This town looked severely similar to the old “Wild West” towns we had back on…Earth. It even had its own saloon, with a rather scantily clad…

Oh no, I thought.

I scooted Sweetie Belle and Spike in front of me as I shielded their unknowing eyes to the hooker behind me. I awkwardly shuffled them forward while they demanded to know what was going on. Once we were passed her, I asked Sweetie Belle if we knew where we were going. She smiled cheerfully and said, “Yup! Where’s the map?” She reached around in the bag, only to draw up nothing. She turned to me, then shrugged.

“I guess we forgot to pack it!” I said, nervously. I told them not to get into any trouble while I checked out the saloon.

Everypony here looked mean, to say the least. When I entered I could feel about three dozen sets of eyes look at me, and the whole room became silent. I waved, and then asked, “Anypony know where I can find a shipment for Mar- Rarity?”

The three dozen sets of eyes trailed off and resumed what they were doing before. A rather husky stallion stepped forward and greeted me. “Eeyup. We got a shipment fur a Mizz Rarity.” He spit at the floor before continuing “Ya got the payment?” I nodded and called for Sweetie Belle quickly. I looked at the prostitute and quickly pushed her over the railing as Sweetie Belle approached. I asked for the payment and she gave it to me. I handed it to the stallion. The stallion gave me something in return; A hoof to the face, and as I staggered in pain I saw him abduct Sweetie Belle and Spike.

“No!” I yelled, cantering after them. I deftly dodged obstructions and ponies, and dove to him. I just about had him-

When three burly ponies stopped my advance. I slammed against another hoof, feeling blood coming out of my nose. I saw the four gallop off into the distance, and there was nothing I could do. I felt my horn spark as my anger grew. I suddenly found myself right in front of the abductor. He screeched to a stop and looked at me wide-eyed. Not wasting any time, I fired off a large spark at him, and it completely vaporized him. The dust blew away and I eyed his three cohorts, who had just arrived.

“If you ever, EVER, fuck with me again, I’ll make sure you…” I began, suddenly losing my intense rage, “Y-You…fucking die! Got it!?” They nodded, scared, and cantered back towards Appleoosa. I nudged Spike and Sweetie Belle to see if they were fine. They were. After about an hour of questioning the town, we found there was no shipment; whether it was simply a ruse, or a grand scheme to kidnap Rarity, we never found out. The railroad was fixed back up by the time we were finished in Appleoosa. I looked at the town as we left the station, and decided I thoroughly hated it.