Unshackled Charge

Bottled Lightning blinked a little as she looked at the forest; it was dark and gloomy under the dim light of the rainy day. "Are… Are you guys sure a race through here would be safe?" The filly asks.

A stallion from the group behind her shoved her forward a bit, "Of cooourse, duh. Like there's actually anything scary in the forest," He comments.

A pegasus would fly above the nervous filly's head, chuckling, "Yeah, I've already scouted the whole route. You just need to run it, y'know? Best time is six minutes," The pegasus says.

Bottle snorts a little, but nervously steps towards the forest. "A-alright…" She says hesitantly, taking a deep breath, the earth pony steadying herself before she runs into the forest.

Bottle raced through the forest, trying to complete her run as fast as possible. She squeaks as she stumbles on a branch, landing in what seemed to be a puddle. However, the blue liquid was thick, and stuck to the filly's belly and hooves. "What is this stuff?" She asks, standing up with a soft huff and splashing around with it. She squeaked as something lightly shocked one of her hooves, jumping back. "Okay, that hurt… I guess I'll just keep running," She say softly, looking up towards the forest and darting off into the dark…