The Rasp

We' re safe now. I finally found something to write with, so I'm jotting down what I can. Let me go back a little bit. Thursday, is the last entry I wrote, I think. Yeah. Thats when we left. We left because of me. See, I did something stupid.

I went outside.

I knew I shouldn't have. It was stupid, and it was dangerous, and I wasn't thinking. I was just so angry. I'm such a mess up. I screw everything up. I slipped out to the balcony. IM SO STUPID.

I made a rope out of the sheets. I made a rope, and I climbed down to the ground. There weren't many of the town's ponies around. What few there were, loosely gathered around the tree and stared at it. None of them looked at me. None of them even turned towards me when I touched down on the ground.

It should have been easy. There it was. Over towards the front door. No ponies around. I could make it. I could make it!! I was scared to death, and I could have just climbed right back up the rope.

I should have climbed right back up the rope. Oh, CELESTIA, why didn't I climb back up the rope! Why, why, why, why, why, why, why why?! CELESTIA WHY?! I'M SO

I'm back. I'm better. Sorry. I'm sorry. I kind of had a breakdown. This is really really hard. I'm sorry. Where was I?

Ok. So I went outside. I made a rope from sheets, and climbed down from the second balcony. We live in a tree, so there are balconies all over the place. It's really kind of neat.

I went out side, and climbed down. It was quiet. It was night. The scroll was right in front of the door. All I had to do was sneak over and grab it. Thats all I had to do. That was all I had to do. I should have gone back up the rope, but I didn't and I tried to get it. I tried. I snuck over to the scroll. It was so easy. Hang on, I need another drink. I never recovered from spitting that many fire balls that quickly before, when I protected Octavia. I'm so tired, and I'm getting off track. I got the scroll. I didn't even see her. I didn't see her there, and she was RIGHT there!! ARRGGHHH!! IM SO STUPID!

I walked back to the rope. I had the scroll. She was sitting there, all covered in blood. Vinyl Scratch. Didn't notice her until I was right next to her at the rope. I'm scared, I mean, I know what Vinyl Scratch usually looks like and she didn't look like that at all. She had the Rasp and she says to me...

"Wheres Tavi, Spike? I gotta talk to her. She promised she'd go and get help. It's in my blood, Spike!! TELL HER TO GIVE ME HER BLOOD!" She screams at me. She lunges at me. I leap away at the last second and grab the rope in my claws. I start hauling myself up as fast as possible. I threw myself over the balcony, and clenched at my chest, trying to catch my breath. My heart wanted to hurl itself out of my throat. All for the paper clutched in my claws. The parchment that I gripped as tightly as possible. I pitched myself down the staircase.

"APPLEJACK!! APPLEJACK!" I screamed. I was so proud of myself. I was so so, so very proud of myself, I screamed as loud as I could. Woke up the entire library!! I GOT IT!! I got to the base of the staircase. to find Applejack glaring at me. She looked tired, and her ears were pulled back, ready for a fight. Her muzzle turned to pure shock as I held up the parchment.

"Ya'll got another message?! ...Wait...ya'll didn't..." She frowned. I gleamed. She frowned even further. She looked like were trying to decide between being excited and impressed, and furious at my idioitic actions. In the end, she settled for excited.

"Whats it say?!" She barked. Octavia had entered from the kitchen, and Pinkie looked over from the couch. Carefully I unraveled the message Celestia had sent to me.

I had expected hope; instructions, or perhaps directions to go for help. That the calvery was coming, and all we had to do was sit tight. I burst into tears at the message. Three simple words.

CANTERLOT

IS

LOST