Fire consumes all

Scootaloo backed against the wall as her pursuers advanced towards her but as they raised a hoof to attacked there was a blur of motion they were knocked of and a stallion was standing in front of her. Before the other pegasi could stand up the stallion glowed brightly and they disappeared.

Scootaloo shot up in her bed and felt tear in her eye but she quickly wiped them away. She rolled out of her bed and walked to the living room where Fluttershy was sitting.

"You okay Scootaloo?" Fluttershy asked her.

"I had a nightmare." Scootaloo replied softly.

Fluttershy patted the spot beside her and Scootaloo laid down beside her.

"Do you miss her Fluttershy?" Scootaloo asked her.

"I think about Dashie everyday Scoots." Fluttershy told her. "It wasn't your fault what happened to her."

"If I had just listened, Rainbow Dash wouldn't be in the hospital." Scootaloo replied as her voice threatened to crack.

Fluttershy draped a foreleg around Scootaloo's shoulder and they stayed like eventually falling asleep beside each other like they did a few nights before.

Scootaloo hugged Fluttershy before leaving the house to where Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were waiting.

"So what's up for today?" Applebloom asked her.

"I don't really feel up to working on my Cutie Mark today girls." Scootaloo told them.

"Another nightmare?" Sweetie Belle asked her.

Scootaloo only nodded as she sat down roughly. The other two girls hugged her tightly and she felt a lump form in her throat. She choked it down as the girls separated from her and looked at her

"I think I'm just going to go for a walk and think." Scootaloo told them.

They both nodded and let her pass them as her mind roared.

"Scootaloo, we're closing up." Pinkie Pie told her. "I can walk you home."

"Its okay, it's not too far." Scootaloo told her as she slid out of the seat.

Scootaloo exited the Sugar Cube Corner and walked quickly down the sidewalk for awhile before she noticed a few Pegasi following her. Her mind flashed back to her nightmare last night and she quickened her pace. The others followed in her suit and she quickened to a full on gallop as she turned around a corner into an alleyway. Suddenly something tripped her underfoot and she tumbled head over hoof but when she tried to stand up a fire-like pain shot up her left leg. She scooted away as quickly as she could until her back touched a wall. Her stomach dropped as she saw that she had ran into a dead end as the Pegasi closed in on her

"Easy pickings tonight boys." The lead guy told them causing them to snicker.

To her shocked the lead Pegasus was using magic to hold a knife above his head and was swinging it lazily. She was so absorbed in the magic that she didn't notice the knife until the guy plunged it into her stomach. A scream ripped its way out of her throat and it got worse as the guy slowly drug the knife out. Before he could stab her again he was thrown against the wall by an invisible force. The other two guys were shocked at first but then they just ran at Scootaloo and started kicking and punching her.

As her vision started to blur she saw the two guys get thrown to the side and disintegrated when they hit the ground. Soon another guy came walking over to her and crouched down beside her. He pulled down the bandana and smile slightly at her.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not smiling at your pain it's your strength that impresses me." The guy told her. "My name is Orion, blink once if you want my help."

Scootaloo blinked and Orion easily scooped her up onto his back and kept talking to her as he galloped to the hospital.

Soon they were at the hospital and Fluttershy rushed into and looked at Scootaloo.

"Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked her.

"I hurt all over, but I'm alive." Scootaloo told her.

Orion sighed as his necklace flashed and he stood up.

"I have to go." Orion told them.

"So quickly?" Fluttershy asked him.

"I have errands I have to run, Scootaloo you need to rest." Orion told her.

Scootaloo nodded as she watched Orion leave the room.

"He's definitely different." Fluttershy told Scootaloo. "Did you ever see what he looked like?"

At that moment Scootaloo realized that she never more than his mouth and even that was blurred due to blood loss. She must have laughed because Fluttershy looked at her funny, but soon she felt the medicine go to work as she dozed off