The Life of Golden Jollybaker

The three ponies were just an hour away before any of them spoke another word. Sonic was the first.

"So, why exactly are you going to Canterlot?"

"Well, I'm going to be trying to make peace with them, and Appleworm..."

"Thinks it's a waste of time because the earth ponies stole all of my apples," interrupted Appleworm.

Sonic found this confusing.

"But aren't you related to an earth pony?"

"Yes, but I don't have any earth pony left that actually cares about me or my ancestors. You know they actually believe that I had something to do with the disappearance of Sandstone? That's one reason why I don't want anything to do with them. At least until she comes back, which I am starting to think is never going to happen."

Jollybaker, who was just listening to these two talk, suddenly heard talking among the trees.

"But why did she leave in the first place?" asked Sonic.

"Because she wouldn't mind her own business and ended up leaving. And to help a pegasus, of all things!"

"You're helping a pegasus though."

Just then, Jollybaker spoke up.

"Hey. I think we're being watched."

They didn't hear him. They started to get louder.

"Yeah. I'm only helping enough to not let her down!"

Jollybaker tried to get their attention again.

"I think we should be a little quieter. Something isn't right," he said. The voices in the trees started to get more concerning for him.

They again didn't hear him.

"If you actually wanted to not let her down, you would help more."

"I have helped more! It did no good! SHE IS STILL GONE! WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE? I HATE PEGASI!"

That's when Jollybaker got between them.

"Stop fighting! There's..."

The rest of Jollybaker's words were drowned out. For at that moment, a whole army of unicorns jumped out and attacked them. Everything went dark.