The Sacrifice

The pegasus that had taken Applebloom flew far into the wasteland beyond the Ponyville border. Though he wanted to continue flying because he knew that the royal guard were in pursuit, he had no choice but to land since his wings were fatigued from all the flying and it was dark.

Darn wings why can't I fly further! damn going to have to camp for the night

The pegasus landed on the ground around without much vegetation surrounding the area. Applebloom was asleep under his hoof slumbering gently like a new foal. The pegasus looked at the sleeping Applebloom and smiled.

They won't hurt you little one they won't hurt anypony ever again

The pegasus laid down Applebloom on his side and went to sleep under a steep rock that hid them from sight.

The pegasus awoke and found himself in a town, but everything was burning. The houses were on fire, ponies were being burned alive and the pegasus screamed in terror at the image shown to him of fire enveloping everything. Many ponies ran around in circles and screamed in pain as the burns seared their skins with terror in their eyes. The trees were on fire as well as the ground. It seemed the fire was everywhere and it looked like it was endless. The pegasus soon looked up and saw a huge monstrosity burning the denizens everywhere with fire breath. The creature was huge with three horns on its head and a massive mouth that looked like it could tear entire continents in half. The pegasus screamed in horror as the monster breathed fire at his direction. Then he awoke, opening his eyes and jerking off the ground from whence he slept. He lifted his head with a hoof and realized it was all a dream.

What a nightmare... wait where is the filly?

The pegasus then saw that Applebloom was gone and he instantly searched the area with his eyes to see any hint of her existance.

Celestia damn it where did she go!

The pegasus flew high into the sky to supervise the layout of the desert and soon found the filly speeding towards the other direction. The pegasus flapped his wings and dived towards Applebloom. Seeing that she was discovered, Appleboom ran even faster but, to no avail the pegasus caught up with her. The pegasus flew and landed on Applebloom and they both rolled into the desert sand.

"Where are you going!?" said the pegasus as he pinned her down in the sand.

"Let go of me!" said Applebloom as she struggled to rid herself of her captor.

"You'll die if you go to that direction!" said the pegasus as he pushed her down the sand.

"I said let go of me!" said Applebloom as she was set free and kicked the pegasus in the face.

"Ah!" screamed the pegasus as he got knocked back and felt blood trickling down his nose.

"Erg.. I don't have time for this!" screamed the pegasus as he flew and hit Applebloom in the head knocking her out.

The pegasus walked to the body of the knocked out Applebloom, picked her up and flew towards the sky. As he flew up Applebloom regained consciousness and bit on his arm really hard. The pain shot up into the pegasus's brain and caused him to imbalance and fly to the ground were he crashed into the sand while Applebloom flew through the air. Dizzied and tired the pegasus laid there for a few moments until realizing that Applebloom was crashing to her death in but a moment.

Why me?

The pegasus then flew and intercepted Applebloom before she landed on the sand. He carried Applebloom and saw she was crying her little head off.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" said the pegasus.

"I want my sister back, I don't wanna die!" cried Applebloom as she closed her eyes with her hoofs.

"Your not going to die! I came here to rescue you for goodness sake" said the pegasus.

"You did? so your not trying to kill me?" said Applebloom as she cleared her tears.

"NO!" screamed the pegasus.

"A'm sorry is just I have been through so much..." said Applebloom.

"It's alright just don't do that again okay?" said the pegasus.

"Alright... hey whats your name?" said Applebloom as she holded herself up on the sand.

"Uh... I don't have a name..." said the pegasus.

"Don't have a name? how is that even possible?" said Applebloom.

"I.. just don't have a name okay? drop the subject we need to go..." said the pegasus.

"I'm hungry" said Applebloom as her stomach grumbled.

"All I have is this gas mask, how am I supposed to feed you in this desert?" said the pegasus.

The pegasus looked around and found a cactus near by, he came near it and studied the green plant and noticed the prickles all over. He grabbed his gas mask and started to bang on the cactus, each strike caused a piece of the cactus to come off until one of the arm's fell off to the ground. He picked up the now prickle infested mask and lifted the piece of cactus on top of the mask. He flew and landed near Applebloom and begrudgingly gave it over to her.

"You hungry? well eat." said the pegasus.

"How am I supposed to eat that?" said Applebloom.

"Just eat the inside of the cactus... It's nutritious." said the pegasus.

"Can you hoof it over to me?" said Applebloom.

"Sure why not." said the pegasus.

The pegasus then took pieces of the inside of the cactus and hoofed it to Applebloom's mouth. She took a bite and continued to eat until the inside of the cactus was hollow. The pegasus then threw the mask towards the ground since it had served it's purpose.

"Alright we need to get some facts straight here, there are ponies who are coming after us to kill the both of us and they won't stop until I'm dead and your in their custody, you understand?" said the pegasus.

Applebloom nodded while her mouth was full chewing cactus.

"I need you to be a good little filly until we get to our destination, no more slip ups alright?" continued the pegasus.

"Now take my hoof we can't waste more time." said the pegasus as he lifted a hoof towards Applebloom.

Applebloom grabbed the pegasus hoof and they flew high into the over expansive sky. Applebloom was bewildered by the speed and force that the was pegasus flying. They then continued towards their destination.