One Pony Amongst Many People

Jon Snow and Rainbow Dash walked through the forest, chatting about their past. Jon happened to have been killed in a mutiny, but was brought back to life by a woman in red. Dash found this interesting and weird at the same time.

At some point, Rainbow mentioned that what she just did was called a Sonic Rainboom, and that this was the third time she's done it.

"It's actually how I got this baby!" she said, pointing to her cutie mark.

"What is that?"

"It's called a cutie mark. Every pony has a different one. My marefriend, Pinkie Pie, has three balloons for her cutie mark."

"What does a cutie mark represent?"

"It represents a pony's special talents."

"And, what is a marefriend?"

"A marefriend is what you humans would call a girlfriend."

"You prefer the company of women over men?"

"Actually, I'm bi. It means that I don't care which gender I fall in love with."

Soon enough, they reached a tall ice structure. Rainbow gazed at the top of the barrier. "What's this?"

"This is The Wall," Jon uttered, taking out the axes again.

He drove one of the axes into the ice, doing the same to the other, just as he did when he climbed the mountain. Rainbow simply flew upwards, trying not to go too far up. She stayed beside him as he climbed. Soon, she decided that he was taking too long, and picked him up again, flying upwards.

About a minute later, they were halfway up The Wall. Dash kept looking up, but was careful not to drop Jon. Soon, they were standing on top of the ice structure. The cold wind blew through Rainbow Dash's mane and tail, sending a shiver down her spine.

Dash glanced at Jon, his eyes staring into her own. She spread her wings, ready to fly down the wall, but Jon stopped her. He pointed to a wooden contraption that looked somewhat like an elevator. He strolled inside it. Dash rolled her eyes, then, reluctantly, trotted inside. The door closed and the elevator slowly lowered itself.

Within ten minutes, they reached the bottom. About ten people sat around a fire. As the door opened, Jon told Rainbow to stand behind him. He briskly walked out of the elevator with the blue pegasus in tow. The ten men glanced their way. "Lord Snow," they each muttered in unison.

One of the men spoke. "What's that thing?"

Jon stepped to the side, revealing Rainbow Dash to the men. They looked at Jon as if he's gone mad. "What in the seven hells is that thing?!"

"I'm not a thing."

The men glanced over at Dash with startled looks in their eyes. "How is it speaking of it's an animal?!"

"To answer your question, that thing you're speaking of Is a pegasus. If it weren't for her, you would not be seeing me now."

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that she-"

"And did you give her a name, too?"

"She already had a name."

"And what is it, eh?"

"My name is Rainbow Dash."

Dash spread her wings and flew up to them. "And don't call me a horse, if you don't want a broken nose."

"Anyway, Jon, do you know anything about the thunder last night?"

"I didn't hear any thunder."

"I heard thunder right as the sun shone on the horizon."

"Oh, I caused the thunder. I broke the sound barrier."

"And how, pony?"

"I flew."

The men chuckled. "Jon, did you get this... thing for food?"

A man had already made his way in front of Rainbow. "Obviously he did. Otherwise, he would've left her behind," he said, scratching her chin as if she were a puppy. She slapped his hand away.

Rainbow felt a pinch in both of her wings as they were spread against her will. She kicked and squirmed, causing both of the men to back away. She kicked one of them in the nose, causing a trickle of blood to run down his face.

The other man wielded a sword as Rainbow charged toward him. She reared and kicked his groin as hard as she could. He fell back, yelling in agony. Jon chuckled as softly as possible, so nobody could hear. He was beginning to like her untamed spirit.

It was almost as if she were a sister of...

Ygritte.

He shook his head at the thought. He missed Ygritte. Most of all, he missed the way that she teased him for knowing nothing. "You know nothing, Jon Snow," she would say. Words said so often that he heard them almost everywhere he went.

If he ever heard anybody say it, try as he must, he could not stop himself from growing at least a little angry.

A voice snapped him back into reality. "Jon? Are you okay?"

It was Rainbow Dash. "Yes, I'm fine," he said quickly.

Rainbow cocked an eyebrow. "You sure?"

"Of course."

"Apparently, the men want you in the castle," she said. He nodded and went inside.

He thought that maybe, just maybe, he may fall in love one last time.

When he got inside, everybody was sitting at a table. Jon sat at his normal spot. Every man in the room was talking. "Maybe we should chop 'er up and eat 'er!" one man shouted above the rest.

Another man spoke. "Aye! We haven't had anything to eat for days!"

Jon didn't have to guess that they were talking about Rainbow Dash. Two men looked from side to side before going outside.

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Rainbow Dash heard a door creak open. She glanced over her shoulder to see two men wielding swords. They walked slowly and steadily. "Come here, pony."

"We're not going to hurt you."

One of them lunged forward on top of her. She squirmed under his weight, but only her wings seemed to escape. Through her grunts, she could hear him whispering, "Perfect. Your wings are all we need."

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Jon spoke up. "Brothers!"

Before he could say another word, he heard blood curdling screams from outside. "Rainbow Dash..."

He sprinted toward the door and jerked it open only to gasp. Blood coated the ground around two men and Rainbow Dash. One cyan wing, nearly coated in the crimson liquid, clung to her body by only a sliver. There was no doubt at all that those screams of agony and tears of pain were from the cyan pegasus, who, right in front of him, was being brutally transformed into an earth pony.