Finding Twilight

Eclipse opened her eyes, something had woken her up. It was the sound of some pony crying. Eclipse lifted her head and looked around. The fire was almost dead, the other ponies were asleep, and the stars looked as beautiful as ever.

But there was one pony who wasn't asleep. Rarity, she was in her sleeping bag, she was crying softly into her pillow. Eclipse got out of her sleeping bag as quietly as she could. She walked over to Rarity and said

"Rarity?" Rarity looked up at Eclipse, her eyes were full of tiers. She looked broken, her face had a look of defeat on it. "Oh Rarity," Eclipse said softly as she laid down next to Rarity. "What's the matter?"

"Twilight," Rarity said weakly,

"Oh Rarity, we'll find her, it's going to be ok," Eclipse said, trying to comfort Rarity.

After more crying, Rarity said, "How can we, it's useless," Rarity dug her head into Eclipse's shoulder, crying softly into it.

Eclipse scooted closer to Rarity, she wrapped a hoof around Rarity, "It's ok... it's ok Rarity...it's ok" Eclipse said softly, Rarity just kept weeping. 'I guess I should've known something was up' Eclipse thought to herself 'Rarity didn't complain about sleeping on the ground even once.' Eclipse kept holding Rarity, eventually, they both fell asleep.

Luckily, Eclipse woke up befor everypony else, it would've been hard to explain sleeping next to Rarity. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping. Eclipse got up, the fire was dead, the other ponies were all sleeping. Eclipse walked around the camp, waking everypony up as she went. Rainbow Dash was especially resistant at waking up at such an early hour.

"Come on RD, we've got to get going," Eclipse tried her best, but Rainbow wasn't moving.

"Stand back Eclipse, I got this," Pinkie Pie said as she walked towards Rainbow.

With many flying apples and wet manes, they were finally on the road again.

They walked for several more days. They talked allot, Eclipse learned more about each of the ponies and got to know them better. By the time they got to Fillydelphia, Eclipse was so comfortable around them, she wouldn't mind telling them her deepest secrets.

They were walking through the streets of Fillydelphia when Rainbow said, "So what now? Do we just ask if anypony has seen Twilight?"

"Not sure what the best plan of action is," Applejack said, "Wish Celestia could've told us what we should do."

"I think we should ask if anypony has seen Twilight," Fluttershy said.

"Better then nothing I suppose," Rarity said,  she then walked towards a pony and asked, "Excuse me, have you seen Twilight Sparkle by any chance?"

"Twilight Sparkle? Like, the princess? No, why is she in town? Are the other princesses here too?" Said the pony, he was really excited

"Oh no no," Rarity said, gesturing for the pony to calm down.

"Oh, well goodbye," the pony said, disappointed, as he walked away.

"That's not gonna work," Rainbow put in helpfully.

Rarity glared at Rainbow Dash, "Well let's see you try something then,"

Rainbow made a face at Rarity, "let's just keep walking,"

So they did, they walked around the city, Eclipse getting weird looks at her blank flank as they did. They kept

an eye out for anything that had to do with Twilight, but they found nothing.

"Maybe we should just get a hotel room and keep looking tomorrow," Rainbow Dash said, it was getting dark, "We've been walking nonstop for five days," Rainbow said with a sigh.

"I think she's right, we need some rest," Applejack said.

They went to the nearest hotel and got a room.

"Kinda expensive don't ya think?" Applejack said after they got the key

"I'm not going to spend the night in some dinky old motel," Rarity said in disgust.

"It's fine, let's just get to the room so we can sleep," Eclipse said

They walked to the stairs and started climbing up to the 4th floor. When they opened the door to the floor, Eclipse collided head first with another pony, they both fell to the floor, rubbing their heads.

"I am so sorry," Eclipse said, getting to for hooves and helping the other pony up. He had a white coat, not as pure as Rarity's, he had a short light gray mane and tail. And a unicorn horn of the same color.

"Oh don't worry 'bout it dear," he had an accent Eclipse had never heard before, it made him sound smarter than he probably was. Eclipse looked straight into his magenta eyes, they sparkled in the light.

"Oh," Eclipse said quietly, staring in his eyes. They both stood there for a few seconds.

"Uh Eclipse?" Rainbow said, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh right, umm, bye," Eclipse said to the stallion, he trotted around her and down the stairs. Giving her a smile as he left.

"What was that?!" Rainbow asked,

"Nothing, shut up, let's just get to the room, look, here it is, room 52," Eclipse said defensively.

They walked into the room, Rainbow Dash went straight to one of the beds and plopped herself on it. Pinkie Pie started setting up party decorations. Fluttershy went on to the balcony to say hello to some birds. Applejack went to another bed and laid down. Rarity and Eclipse went and sat on the couch.

"So, what was that?" Rarity asked, she was clearly dying to talk about this.

"Nothing, he's just a stallion," Eclipse said defensively, they spoke in hushed tones, as not to be over heard.

"A very handsome stallion," Rarity had a little smile.

Eclipse blushed, "He was handsome wasn't he, what room do you think he's in?"

"Oh honey, that is not how you get a stallion interested, you need to play hard-to-get. He's the one who needs to chase."

"What if he doesn't like me though," Eclipse said worriedly.

"Don't worry dear, he will,"

"How do you know?"

"Because, I'm helping you,"

Eclipse felt a little excitement at the thought of that stallion.

"Now, that was a alright first impression, if he has any brains at all, he will probably be looking for you. So tomorrow, you are going to hang out in the lobby, and hopefully, catch him."

Rarity talked for the next half hour about how Eclipse needed to act. by the end of it, Eclipse nearly fell asleep right there.

Rarity, noticing this, she said "Oh, go on to bed honey, I'll take the couch," She said with a smile.

"Thanks Rarity," Eclipse said, the other ponies had already gone to sleep. Eclipse walked over to her bad and curled up under the blankets.

Eclipse didn't wake up till 1:17. By witch point Applejack and Fluttershy were already up, they were sitting on the couch, talking. Rainbow, Rarity, and Pinkie were still sleeping.

Eclipse got out of bed and walked over to the mini-kitchen to get some breakfast. Eclipse walked with her for and sat at the table, and started eating some apples.

"When should we wake them up?" Eclipse asked Applejack and Fluttershy, as she nodded her head towards the sleeping ponies.

Fluttershy looked up at Eclipse and said, "I think we should let them sleep, we've been walking no stop for five days."

"Ok then," Eclipse replied, going back to her apple.

Eclipse smelled something gross, she sniffed and realized it was her. 'Spending five day in the wilderness will do that to you' Eclipse thought to herself. So she finished her food and went to the bath room, she hoped in the shower.

When Eclipse was out of the shower and dry, she left the bathroom to find that Rainbow and Rarity were up. 'Apparently sleep was not an option when Pinkie Pie was in the room, and awake.'

"Finally, I smell like a dog who rolled in mud, then sat in the sun all day," Rarity said, rushing to the bathroom.

Eclipse went to sit on the couch with the other ponies, "What should we do now?" Eclipse asked nopony in particular.

"Well I suppose we are just gonna walk around the city, and see if we can find Twilight," Applejack replied with a shrug.

"Why can't we use the Elements of Harmony? Can't they could find Twilight?" Rainbow asked.

"Well we need all six poinies present to use them. And we've never used the Elements for anything like that, it probably wouldn't work," Applejack answered.

They spent the next half hour talking about ways to find Twilight, each of them taking showers. They then went out into the hallway and down the stairs, and exited the hotel.

"Where to now?" Rainbow asked,

"I guess we just walk around," Eclipse answered.

"Hopefully we can find that stallion," Rarity said quietly to Eclipse with a wink.

They spent the day walking around, each of the ponies getting frustrated.

"We have no idea what we're doing, do we?" Rainbow asked after they had been aimlessly wondering through Fillydelphia for three hours.

Applejack sighed, "We're trying are best Rainbow," she said with a tone.

"Should we just try another city? I don't think there is anything for us here," Eclipse said.

"I think that's the best plan of action," Applejack said.

"Let's just spend another night and head out in the morning," Rarity said.

"Sounds good to me," Applejack said.

They went back to the hotel, the Sun was starting to set by the time they got there. They spent the rest of the day playing with a deck of cards Pinkie Pie brought. They played a game of Pinkies own invention, called, Get the most cards. It was a pretty simple game.

After an hour or so of playing, Eclipse decided to go to bed. She got under the sheets and put her head down.

Eclipse felt useless, they had been wondering around Fillydelphia for the past two days, and found nothing.

Maybe they would never find Twilight, at this rate, it wasn't going to happen. Eclipse tried to push these thoughts out of her head, being so negative wouldn't get them anywhere. But Eclipse couldn't help it, Twilight was her first friend, and now she's gone.

'She might be dead,' the image of Twilight, laying on the ground, in a puddle of blood , popped into Eclipse's  head. Eclipse's face filled with fear,'What point would they have at keeping her alive? They probably killed her.' Eclipse realized, she would never see Twilight again, 'She's dead, there is no point in trying to find her.'

Eclipse fell asleep, a tier ran down her face.

Eclipse awoke, feeling drowsy, as if she had a hangover, but she didn't remember having anything to drink last night. She tried to open her eyes, but was too tired.

"Keep her sedated," Eclipse heard a voice say, Eclipse had never heard that voice before.

"Yes sir!" She heard another voice say in response.

"What the hell is going on!" This voice was Eclipse did recognize, it we Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash is it? Yes, well, your strapped down to a bed. Your in a warehouse, im not going to give you specifics, but you get the idea." The first voice replied.

"What do you want with us?! And what have you got Rarity and Eclipse hooked up to?!" This voice belonged to Applejack. As Eclipse was coming to her senses, she started to notice more sounds. She could hear what sounded like soft crying, Fluttershy, Eclipse guessed. The ponies voices echoed a bit, they must have really been in a warehouse. She tried to open her eyes again, but couldn't muster the strength.

"What do I want with you? Nothing," the first voice replied, "although, if he will let me, I would like to have this one for my own."

"Who Eclipse? You sick bastered!" Rainbow Dash nearly shouted.

"Try to keep your voice down, will you? Or I'll put you on what these ponies are on, by the way, it's to keep them sedated, so they can't use their magic."

Eclipse could feel straps on her front, and back hooves, also around her belly. She must have been laying on her back with her hooves to her sides, Exposing her belly.

"Wha... What are you going to do with us?" Pinkie Pie asked, breathing heavily.

"Oh, so many things," the first voice said, Eclipse realized she had heard that voice before. She only heard him say a few words, but there was no mistaking that accent. That first voice, belonged to the white stallion she met outside her hotel room.