A Permanent Accident

Apple Jack's POV

My brother and I went into the Everfree forest this mornin' to look for Apple Bloom. We called out her name and then we heard a little filly scream. We ran to the noise, we knew it wasn't Apple Bloom. We couldn't find where It was coming from. Big Mac threw me onto his back and started running in the opposite direction. I had no idea why, but when I looked in front of us there was the pony! The blank flanked scarred pony that took my sister!

"Lemme at him!" I yelled, but the pony used his horn to lift me! He was a very powerful, but Big Mac tried to pull me back down. He couldn't get hold of me, but he jumped up and grabbed me by the tail, trying his dandiest to get me back, but all it did was make me scream from Big Mac's weight pulling me down by my tail. He let go but he ran as fast as he could. The unicorn threw me so far I landed somewhere in ponyville, but I blacked out.

Rarity's POV
I went to the market to get something special to cook for my little sister. She was starting to get her energy and starting to walk around a bit. I could tell it still really hurt her to do certain things, like walk and go down stairs. I was strolling down the road and I saw a crowd, so naturally I went to it. They were all standing around a pony. She was lying there on the ground and she was injured! I looked and I saw that it was Apple Jack!

"Oh darling!" I was astonished and appalled. "Someone get her a doctor!"

"We already called one." A pony told me. Apple Jack stirred and then sat up.

"Apple Bloom?!" Apple Jack asked. I was by her side.

"Apple Jack what happened to you?" I asked.

"My sister was kidnapped! I found the pony that took her but she wasn't there! Where is he?!" She asked looking for the pony that hurt her with a rage.

"What are you talking about?" I was very confused.

"Apple Bloom is gone!" She yelled running away. I don't know how she was galloping so quickly after being so mangled. I chased after her and we stopped when we got to Sweet Apple Acres. Granny Smith was standing with Big Macintosh on the porch.

"Apple Jack!" Big Macintosh threw Apple Jack over his shoulder and carried her into the house. I know how he feels when his little sister is injured.

Apple Jack's POV

My big brother put me in bed and wouldn't let me get up. My back legs hurt so bad, but I needed to see Apple Bloom! Big Mac locked us in my room so I couldn't get out, but then there was a knock. It was granny. We let Granny into the room and she sat beside me.

"Apple Jack what happened?" She asked.

"Granny we need to find Apple Bloom, yall don't worry about me." I told them. Big Mac walked outside and then Granny sat to talk with me for a bit.

Big Mac's POV

My little sister had to be in the Everfree forest…if she was still alive. I ran around through all of the woods and ignored all the crazy things going on. I finally reached a barn, and I was so confused. There were no ponies in sight, but I saw a familiar young filly lying in the shade near the barn. It was an orange pony with a purple mane and wings. I flipped it over onto its back to see who it was and the filly screamed.

"Please don't hurt me anymore!" She said weakly. She was shaking, and I couldn't even see her eyes. They were swollen, and there was so much blood on her face I couldn't see it hardly.

"I ain't gonna hurt ya none." I promised lifting her up. I was carrying her on my back to get her help.

"Big Macintosh?" I heard from behind me. I looked and it was Twilight, she was carrying my baby sister.

"Apple Bloom!" I set down the injured pony and Twilight switched fillies with me.

"What in Equestria happened to this little filly?!" Twilight asked.

"I found her by a barn. She needs medical attention." I explained, then hugged my sister. She whimpered and it broke my heart.

"Big Mac it hurts!" She cried. I looked down and saw she had whip marks all over her back and some on her face.

"Apple Bloom I-"

"Scootaloo!" She screamed limping to the injured filly. Twilight and I looked at each other.

"I think this is Scootaloo." Twilight gasped.

"It is! What happened to her? Somepony help her!"

"Big Mac I'll take care of her, and take her to the hospital. You get Apple Bloom to safety." She told me.

"No! I need to stay with Scootaloo!" She tried to fight.

"I'll take you home!" I told her urgently running with her on my back. We got back to Sweet Apple Acres and I ran to Apple Jack's room. She was lying in bed, still injured, next to granny.

"MY GRANDBABY!" Granny was madder than a pony on fire.

"Granny calm down I'm alright." Apple Bloom frowned as I set her down.

"You're safe!" Apple Jack stated with relief. "Your wounds will heal, but thank Celestia you're safe." Apple Bloom limped to her and every step made Apple Jack's smile fade. She noticed how hurt she really was. "Are ya too hurt for me ta hug ya?" She asked. Apple Bloom nodded weakly. "Come on up here in bed with me." She helped her up and petted her mane. "When you wake up you can tell us everything."

Rarity's POV

I returned home to Sweetie Belle who was sleeping peacefully on the couch. I created her dinner and then she woke up with another terrible headache. I hated to watch her cry over such an awful pain.

"Darling here." I pulled out a chair for her and she sat down. I kissed her cheek and then set a plate in front of her. After seeing Apple Jack this morning I didn't want to upset Sweetie by telling her one of her friends was kidnapped!

"Mom, why do you want me to call you Rarity?" Sweetie asked me. I was insulted, but I tried not to show it.

"Sweetie, my dear, I'm not your mother, I'm your sister. Don't you remember?" I asked.

"Then why don't we have parents?" She asked me sadly.

"They were on vacation, and I haven't been able to contact them." I told her. "They're actually coming back today." I kissed her cheek.

"I can't wait to see them!" She was hopping up and down in her chair.

"Sweetie, Sweetie Belle darling don't bounce. I don't want you to disrupt your brain function."

"I'm fine Rarity." She whined. We both gasped. "I'm sorry, I don't kno-" I hugged her so tightly.

"Darling you haven't spoken to me that way in far too long." I kissed her cheek. "You remembered!" She gleamed with relief that I wasn't angry or upset.

"I'm really tired." She frowned. I helped her down from the chair and she went upstairs. I received a letter from my parents a few minutes later.

"Dear Rarity,

We heard about a crazy pony on the loose in Ponyville, but we won't be able to pick up Sweetie Belle for a few more days. Stay safe, we know you are.

Love,

Mom and daddy."

I sighed with despair as I thought about my baby sister who was beaten senseless and now is so horribly injured and afraid because she can't remember anything!

Twilight's POV
When I took Scootaloo to the hospital, they told me I had to leave. They wouldn't even let me stay because I wasn't related to her! I sat outside the hospital feeling ten pounds of guilt pressing on my chest. Why couldn't I have saved both the ponies?

"Hey!" I heard a pony yell at me. It was the one who had used Apple Bloom as a slave! "You took the last one I had!" He yelled.

"What do you mean the last one you had?!" I asked.

"Heavy Blade keeps running for new fillies to sell to me. The only reason I want them is because when they don't have a talent yet, they don't know what to do. Plus they're a lot easier to get them to work." He said still holding the whip.

"Who's Heavy Blade?" I asked quickly.

"He…'saves' blank flank ponies. He's one so he doesn't want other ponies to go through it." I thought to myself, 'He has to be the one that hurt Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo!'

"I have to go!" I said before her grabbed me quickly.

"Not before I teach you a lesson!" He lifted his whip and started beating me with it! I quickly teleported away and I was bleeding pretty badly. I had to get the princess! I went to Princess Celestia in the afternoon. She was oblivious of what was happening in Ponyville.

"Princess Celestia! There's been a terrible tragedy!" I told her shaking.

"What is it Twilight?" She asked noting the whip marks on me and calling for help.

"There's a crazy pony on the loose! It's so weird because it seems like he's targeting foals…foals without cutie marks." My brother came in the room when the Princess called and he gasped.

"Twili!" He ran towards me. "What happened?" He asked getting bandages.

"Somepony hit me with a whip, but that's not important now! He knows where Heavy Blade is!"

"Twilight, who's Heavy Blade?" Princess Celestia asked me.

"I'm not sure, but I think he gave Sweetie Belle amnesia, and he might have killed Scootaloo! He sold Apple Bloom and-"The Princess stopped me.

"Twilight come, let's go eat lunch and calm down a bit while we sort this out." She said calmly. I don't know how she can be this calm.

"Princess, he's killing little fillies!" I said impatiently. Her face got sad.

"Twilight let's go! We have to find out what ponies know." She said as we started towards Ponyville.

"I think we should go see Apple Bloom first. She should know a lot." I told her. We went to Sweet Apple Acres and Big Mac opened the door.

"Big Mac we need to talk to Apple Bloom, about what happened to her." Apple Jack came down the stairs.

"With all the respect in Equestria Princess, she's really shaken up about this whole thing." She told us. "I don't know if she wants to talk about it."

"Well we just want to know what she saw, and what happened." The Princess explained.

"She saw a pony, he kidnapped her, sold her, then Twilight got her." Apple Jack frowned. "That's the short version of it all. The pony sets up in the Everfree forest." Apple Jack said angrily. "I have to go now, sorry Princess!" When she closed the door the Princess looked at me.

"We could ask Sweetie Belle, but she has amnesia." I sighed. "Let's go see if Scootaloo's regained consciousness." We went to the hospital and walked in to the lobby.

"It's the princess!" The receptionist said out loud. "It's an honor." She bowed.

"I'm here for a young subject of mine. How is Scootaloo?" She asked first thing. Everypony got quiet.

"Princess, that young filly passed on about an hour ago." She told her. I almost started crying! That poor pony's life was over before it began. She never even got her cutie mark! The princess put her head down.

"Well thank you for informing me." She said sadly. "Twilight, it's time to alert Ponyville about this pony." She told me. "We will not rest until this murderer is found."