"You two are DEAD!" Ruby said throwing a knife that landed near my head and embed it's in the wooden pole.

"Out of my way!" I said jumping over Lyra dodging another knife. That one almost got Lyra.

"Wait for me!" she said running to catching up with me. We were able to get out the tent but it looks like Ruby wasn't done with us yet. She right on our tails armed with more kitchen tools of death.

"This is your fault, Jessica!" Lyra shouted dodging another knife.

"What do you mean me?!" I shouted zig-zagging from cover to cover to remain in one piece. "You were the one in charge of the pasta!" I duck my head behind a barrel. Ruby is very good with those knives. Lyra then joins me behind the barrel.

"Yah and who was the one who gave me the bottle of vinegar!"

"You should have read the label first before you add it to the pasta!"

"You should have given me the right bottle in the first place!"

"I wasn't the one who dropped the bottle in the pot in the first place!" We stop our shouting, which wasn't a good idea in the first place, as a knife stab through the barrel between us. We both scramble to get away as Ruby jumps over the barrel.

Our chase continues throughout the camp. And to my surprise, no one came to our aid. They all got out of way and no one seemed surprised that the killer red pony of death is behind us. I think I heard one of them said some about they brought it upon themselves. I can only conclude that this isn't the first time Ruby has chased a person while throwing knives at them.

And as great chase go, there comes to the point where there is no place left to run. How there is a dead end in a camp with nothing but tents is beyond me. Slowly I and Lyra turn to see the killer. She has a look of death in her eyes, and if I either make it out of here alive. I will never enter someone else's kitchen ever again.

"Now Ruby can't we discuss this as civil people?" I said backing up away as far as I can.

"Why yes." she has a smile on her face, NOT creepy at all! "Which side of your face would you like to keep?" she said slowly waving a knife at us.

"How about both sides?" Lyra said with her voice cracking a little.

"Funny."

I don't want to die in a colorful land of ponies just because somepony couldn't read a label and is dragging me drown with her! I then remember that one of us here can actually use magic. I then started to shake Lyra to hopefully snap her out of deer light trance. "Lyra do something!" Once I let her go she shook her head and look at Ruby before she answered me.

"What do you want me to do?"

"I don't know. How about a shield!?"

"It no good." I could feel my eye twitching when she said that.

"What? You mean no good! After all these years of hiding and running. You are telling me that you don't know how to cast a shield?"

"I didn't say that. I used one earlier to block those knives but they went through it like butter. She almost got me that time."

I look back at the red death. "AH, Ruby just WHAT kind of knives are your throwing at us?"

"Well, they are My own personal set of anti-magic knife set. That is all." She said tossing said knife in the air and caught it.

"Why do you ha- oh right." Humans on the run need a way to defend themselves against magic users. I really hope she is running out soon or we are dead.

"What are you going to do to us?"

"Oh, I dear not say. It is too horrible to speak of."

*Eeewww* Me and Lyra said together.

Meanwhile back at Castle Friendship

Twilight along with Starlight are busy at work writing formulas on the new spell. They're making great progress except for one hitch the has been going on for the past hour. A colorful, flying, annoying hitch.

"Are you done yet?"

"No."

"Are you done yet?"

"No!"

"Are you done yet?"

"NO!"

"Are you done yet?"

"NO!" Starlight then brought Rainbow in close "NO! Rainbow we are not done yet. Stop asking every five seconds! It is not funny!" she then lets her go and resumes her work.

"Sorry, but what is taking so long? You guys should have been done by now."

"Maybe we would be. But Somepony keeps interrupting our concentration."

"Oh, who is it. I will take care of them." Rainbow said punching the air, not aware of Starlight eye twitching.

"I will KILL YOU!" Starlight said charging at Rainbow but was stop by Twilight's magic.

"That enough you two. We are no use to anypony if we are fighting amongst ourselves." Twilight then drop Starlight at her station; who was grumbling to herself.

"Yay. What Twilight said." *OW* Rainbow said as Twilight hit Rainbow with a book on the head.

"Starlight does have a point Rainbow. I know You want to help. But right now the best thing you can do is making sure we can work quietly."

"Fine," Rainbow said and land on top of one the bookcases nearby. They work in silence for five more minutes before Twilight spoke up.

"Okay, that should do it."

"Finally. Let's try it out and then it is off on a rescue mission." Rainbow landing next to Twilight. Eveypony gathers around eager to see how the new spell works.

"So what now?"

"First we need to know where we want to see and then when." Twilight said before thinking of the first test "How about the kitchen a few hours ago."

"Why?" Starlight asked

"Becuase I want to know what happened to all the cookie I had in the kitchen earlier."

Twilight shot a bolt of magic from her horn. The magic spot in mid-air and form a silver ball which grew to the size of a basketball. There wasn't anything shown on the ball for a few seconds until the image inside started to clear and show the kitchen in the castle.

"So far so good."

Rainbow took a closer look and Twilight was going to tell her not to get to close but then Rainbow notice something. "Hay if you look at the orb at a different side, you can see the kitchen from a different angle." the other two test this and found out it was indeed true.

"That neat." Starlight said. But before she could say anything Twilight gasped and look at her.

"So it was you!"

"They are cookies Twilight. What did you think was going to happen to them?"

"You could have left me some!"

Rainbow moved to Twilight's side of the orb to see Starlight eating a bunch of cookies forms a jar that says 'Twilight's jar don't touch.' on it. Rainbow then turn to the other two. "Hey, guys."

Both Twilight and Starlight turn to shout at Rainbow."WHAT!"

"Now that we know that this works. How about we use it to gee I don't know. How about using it to find the missing pony we were searching for in the first place!"

"Oh right sorry." they then made the orb move from one point of Pony Ville to another looking for Jessica. After searching for an hour the saw Exclusive running around town. They were confused as too why they are seeing him instead of Jessica. Then Twilight notice that she had set the orb two hours after she disappeared.

"Oops, sorry girls," Twilight said to two angry ponies. she then adjusted the time frame on the orb.

"There she is." Starlight said as the others moved to her side.

"Good. Now, all we have to is follow her." They follow Jessica through Pony Ville and had to recast the spell a few times due to the fact that the orb is a stationary viewing orb.

"Ah oh." Starlight said getting to other's attention. They move to Starlight side and see Jessica having a conversation with a very familiar Mare.

"Wait, wasn't she the one that is nut's about the ideas of humans?" Rainbow ask Twilight.

"I think so. I don't remember talking to her very much."

Then they turned back to the orb only to see that both Lrye and Jessica were nowhere to be seen. "Hey, where did they go?"

"Lyra took her somewhere." Starlight answered. As her left eye twitch a little. She can't believe this. Just how much can one mare do to herself in a few days.

"What! Why?"

"I don't know. Lyra teleported them somewhere and I couldn't hear them. I guess this thing doesn't account for sound." she said tapping the orb a few times.

"Twilight what gives!"

"I was only focusing on seeing the past. Adding sound would have at least taken another three hours." she then turns to Rainbow. "Care to wait?"

"Ah! No thanks." Rainbow thinks she is going to die if she has to wait any longer. She had no idea trying to help to find somepony in need would be this difficult. "Okay, so Lyra was the last Pony to see her. So now we need to find Lyra. Okay to Lyra house then." Rainbow was expecting the orb to change locations but she got frustrated when nothing happens. *groan* "What wrong now?!"

"We can only see places that we have been before Rainbow," Twilight said putting a hoof to her head.

"Okay then let go."Rainbow fly out of the room but return when she noticed the others didn't follow her. "Let me guess you two don't know where she lives."

"Do you?" Starlight asked her back raising an eyebrow.

"Point taken. So let's talk to Pinkie she knows where every pony is."

Twilight shakes her head then looks at her shot sighted friend. "Rainbow. Don't you remember earlier?"

"Oh yeah." Rainbow rub the back of her head in embarrassment "WELL, why does she have to take off to Discord knows where now of all times?"

"She will be back when we need her." Twilight said calm down her friend "But let's not forget that Jessica isn't the only Pony missing."

Rainbow eye then widen when Twilight said that "Right! Exclusive went looking after her."

"Right. Now let's see where that wandering stallion wonder off to." It didn't take long before they found Exclusive again but this time he was talking to somepony.

"Wait isn't that Bon Bon, Lyra's friend?" Rainbow asked

"It is." Starlight said then looked at her teacher. "That is a bit of a coincidence don't you think?"

"I am not sure."

"Well, they went inside the house." They wait for a few minutes and saw Bon Bon leaving the house alone.

"Where is Exclusive?" Starlight said stating the obvious.

"I don't like this," Twilight said looking down to think about this putting a hoof to her chin.

Rainbow then moved to another side of the orb to see Bon Bon again. "Hey! Where is Bon Bon going with that bag?" the others moved next to Rainbow to she Bon Bon dragging a rather large bag away from the house. A pony size bag.

Twilight know that what they are seeing is very incriminating on Bon Bon and Lyra's part. But she will take this slow and logically. After all, as far as they know. Bon Bon is just taking out the trash. "I don't want to jump to conclusions here-"

"Then I will!" Rainbow shouted taking to the air. "Bon Bon and Lyra are ponnynapping ponies in Ponyville! We have to stop them!"

"Rainbow we don't know that. All we know is that Lyra and Bon Bon are the last ones to see both Jessica and Exclusive."

"Then they are suspect number one! Let go get them!" Rainbow was about to charge out the room but Twilight stop her friend from doing anything rash with her magic.

Twilight then moved in front f her friend trying to reason with her. "Rainbow Calm down."

"How can you be on their side Twilight!"

"I am not on their side Rainbow." Twilight then put a hoof on Rainbow mouth stopping her from replying. "Nor am I on your side. I am on the side of Justice Rainbow. If we are going to do this. We are going to do this the right way." She then let go of Rainbow. "SPIKE!" then the scrapping of fast approaching feet was sound nearby and before long Spike enters the room.

"Yes, Twilight?"

"I am going to need you to take a letter."

Author's Note

And there the story so far on the Why Me series. I hope you all are enjoying it. Leave a like and a comment down below. And I will see you guy's later.