Episode 5 - The swordsman Runaway

Magic roared between Scootaloo's feet, taking the form of small wheels on the sole of her feet; and in her fists small balls of concentrated energy encapsulated her hands.

She ran in a straight line as if wearing skates, increasing her speed greatly; the Alpha in turn, seeing her coming direct in front of him, released his defensive stance and tried to punch the upcoming woman; only for her to dodge and counter with an uppercut – hitting the dog in the chin.

By the force of the attack the feet of the alpha left the ground; but Scootaloo hadn't finished. While the dog was still in the air, she started a flurry of blows, she didn't care where to hit, just hitting was necessary.

Magic flowed from her as each attack hit its target, and to finish it, she started spinning, hitting the dog with a powerful kick, using the magical wheels on her feet as a weapon. The effect was immediate, and the Alpha was sent flying, his body getting limp when it landed.

Scootaloo's breath was heavy as she examined the enemy, and after concluding that he was, indeed, defeated, she tuned off the ability. Only then she felt the toll of using such a skill, feeling her body shivering upon the strain she put herself into.

But, having defeated such an enemy made the coast clear to her, and her goal shifted to the cave. Only to her, after only one step, kneel.

Her body was at its limit.

*I hope you are alright...* she thought, looking at the smoke coming from the hole the dog's turned into their lair. - *I'll have to stay here a bit more...*

Then she heard something coming from behind, when she turned, she saw all the five dogs she had taken down earlier in a fight position. The last one she defeated was in front of the group.

"TOOTH ALPHA NOW!" - The dog spoke, looking hungrily at Scootaloo - "AND TOOTH HUNGRY!"

As the battle outside raged on, Sunset saw the soft blue light coming from the sword on the table get stronger, only to produce a small line that started to serpentine in the direction of the unconscious teenager, passing under the compass and under the bar of the cell.

* There not much I can do to help him now... This line is of pure magic! * - Sunset thought as she saw the line connect with the boy, then widening her eyes before speaking - "Wait, this is pure magic!"

She ran to the place where the magical line passed under the cell bars and touched the line; he couldn't feel anything, but she knew she was in the right place. Then she concentrated.

She knew she couldn't cast any spell, but each time she tried, she felt tired, which meant that magic energy was spent. She concentrated on her finger, the one touching the line, and put everything she had there.

At first nothing happened, but then the line started to get wide, the blue hue stronger, energy started leaking from the line, she could hear the boy scream in pain, but she couldn't stop focusing on overcharging the line. Her magic energies were getting emptying, but she was close. Very close.

~~KBOOM!~~

The explosion destroyed the cell bars, sending Sunset to the back wall and burning part of her hands and clothes and filling the room with smoke. The wounds were serious, she knew, but she couldn't let herself pass out.

And between the smoke she saw the boy rising up, his eyes glowing in the same blue hue that the sword had before. And she could see he was looking at her.

Scootaloo was surrounded by five dogs and now that her magic was drained, all she could do was dodge the attack of the monster. She barely could dodge the firsts three attacks of the dogs, but the on the one that came from behind hit her with great force, force her to fall in the snow.

She was stronger, but they had come in the worst moment.

They are closing, surrounding her by all side; she couldn't see a way to escape.

Only for a rock to hit one of the dogs in the head, it was not enough to cause any visible damage, but it distracted him enough time to the snark boy to appear holding his sword.

Moonshine hair was flowing with his speed, his eyes and blade are shining; and with a quick slash, he decapitated the dog that was distracted.

The one next to him quickly realize what was happening and sung his fist at him; only for him to block it with the blade, making him disengage from the battle.

It was fast, but all the four dogs stopped looking at the fallen Scootaloo and regrouped, facing the new threat. And with the sign by Tooth, all four advanced at the same time.

Only for Moonshine to turn around and run away in the direction of the forest with the dogs on his tail.

Now Scootaloo was alone in the snow, felling the iron-like taste of blood on her mouth. She needed to stand up and help him, but her arms didn't hold even the strength for her to stand up.

That's when a hand reached for her.

As she looked, it was the red haired girl from before, Sunset, now with tattered clothes.

"You need to help him!" - Scootaloo aked in fear for the rookie.

"Don't worry, he's not fighting"

"What?"

"He is just gaining time." - Sunset them smiled - "Can't you feel them?"

* Just a little... Just a little more! *

Moonshine ran across the tree, dodging each trunk. In the back of his mind the sense of the danger posed by entering deep into the silent wood ringed, but he had no choice. Even if he had a forward start in the run, these dogs were faster, being capable of running with all four limbs.

It didn't take long to moonshine to hear the song of barking behind him, and the noisy steps surrounding him. Seeing the reality of the situation, Moonshine stopped, putting his back against a tree and getting himself in position.

Barks and grunts came from everywhere, letting Moonshine on the edge. Then all stopped. And the eerie silence made the boy even more uncomfortable. He knew he was at his limits.

That's when a dog jumped from his right, but instead of attacking him, it passed by him as if he wasn't there.

Moonshine was confused and looked at the direction the dog came from. In front of him stood three people, two young women, one of them wearing soft leather armor and a big man, covered from head to toe in a heavy red armor made of crystals.

At the vision, his let a sigh of relief and just dropped to the ground.

"AB, Sweetie" Spoke Moonshine, controlling his breath "you are all late"

"Sorry, we have some problems in the way" Sweetie Belle warmly smiled looking at the boy.

"But don't worry, moonie, we are 'ere now!" replied Apple Bloom.

"Yep" Complemented the big warrior.

'now, what about we go bak home?"- Apple Bloom asked jokingly.

"Nothing would make me happier."

Author's Note

So... I had some problems during this week, and it affected my writing a little.
But I expected this chapter to but at least acceptable.

That being said, see you all next week.

Or earlier... I don't know.