Suddenly, a powerful noise made my animals start to chatter and twitter with fright!

“Oh, my goodness!” I cried, also with fright. “What was that noise?” I wondered.

“It sounds as though somepony is going to cut some trees down,” I thought, “which means…”

“ANIMALS IN TROUBLE!” I shouted at the top of my voice, which was not very loud.

“Now you stay right here,” I told Angel, cuddling him in an attempt to calm him down. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

I left my cottage in a rush, hoping to find the source of the frighteningly loud noise.

“FLUTTERSHY!” called Rainbow Dash, who saw me galloping down the path toward Ponyville.

“You won’t believe this,” she told me, “but somepony is cutting the trees down at Sweet Apple Acres!”

“Oh, no!” I cried, now in greater fright.

“Grab on, Fluttershy,” she told me, hoofing me one end of some rope, which she had left over from construction practice.

I grasped the end of the rope with my teeth and hung on to it—with both front hooves—for dear life!

Rainbow Dash took off and flew me all the way to Sweet Apple Acres.

Author's Note

This chapter is a cliffhanger! Will Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy make it to Sweet Apple Acres before it’s too late? Will Fluttershy survive the terrifying flight on the way there? Find out in the very next chapter!