The Power of Love

Chapter 3

After half an hour, it was over. The changelings left Ponyville , but they took everypony with them. Everypony except me. I crawled out from underneath the cart and looked around. There was destruction everywhere. Houses had been smashed apart, statues had been broken. It was a disaster. I walked through the broken streets alone. It was like a ghost town. It was dead silent. I kept walking, keeping an eye out for any other ponies, until I saw one. She was lying under some debris from a building. I galloped over to her and removed the rubble. It was Rarity. She was unconscious, so I tried to wake her up.

"Rarity? Rarity!" I said, nudging her with my hoof. "RARITY!" I yelled and gave her a big shove. That seemed to work.

"Wa- Sunny?" she asked when she came to. "What happened? Where is everypony?" She started to panic.

"Hey, calm down!" I said.

I took Rarity into the only building that was still standing. She had a nosebleed, but she was okay. I didn't know what I could do, but I knew what had to be done. Somepony would have to go and save everyone, heroically, but who could single hoofedly save a bunch of ponies from a group of horrible changelings?

"So... What do we do now?" I asked Rarity.

"Well, we need somepony to go out there and save everyone. Is there anypony that could possibly be that brave?" she said, obviously implying that she wanted me to go.

"I suppose I could... No, wait. Nevermind." I said, quickly rejecting the idea.

Then I remembered what was at stake. All of Ponyville, and all my friends. And then I remembered that horrible scream that Twilight had shrieked when she was being ponynapped. I couldn't

Wait! No! I want to try. I want to give it a shot." I said, not sure if it was a wise choice.

Rarity smiled with glee. "Yay!"

I walked out into the street.

"I'll do it. For Ponyville. For my friends. And for Twilight!" I heroically said to myself, as I drew my imaginary sword from my imaginary scabbard. However, I didn't realise that Rarity had followed me outside.

"What?! You have a crush on Twilight?" she said, "Puh-leeze! You've been here for a whole year and you haven't even told her. Do you think she'll be single forever?"

I rolled my eyes and headed over to Twilight's library. I got a map out of the debris and inspected it. I saw where the ponies had been taken. The Changeling Kingdom. It was quite far away. I wasn't even sure I could make it that far, but I had to give it a shot.

I packed a few things, such as food, water and even a book titled: "Changelings-A Field Guide". I was ready.

I set off, the world seeming an even more eerie place than before. I walked for miles, constantly checking the map to see if I was still going the right way. I passed many places as I went, including Fillydelphia. It had changed a lot since I was young. My old house wasn't even there anymore. It had been torn down and new buildings had filled it's place. That was probably for the best, since the house was pretty old, but it was still kinda sad.

I kept on walking. Step after step. The journey seemed endless, but I couldn't stop now. I had come too far to go back.

I was looking at the map, not watching where I was going. I only looked up a couple of times to make sure I wasn't walking off a cliff. Eventually, I accidentally tripped over on a rock and grazed my knee, but that wasn't the worst thing that happened. When I tripped, I dropped the map and it landed in a big, muddy puddle. It was ruined. I was really angry! I yelled and punched a tree, which hurt a little, but I still had no map. I was completely lost. I wasn't sure what to do, so I kept walking. It couldn't be that far away, right?

Well, one thing was sure, I was wrong. It was a really stupid decision to keep walking. I found a town and went to ask for directions, but then I quickly realised I was back in Ponyville!

"Bloody hell!" I yelled.

I was really frustrated. All that work for nothing. However, I wanted to finish what I started, even if I was just starting again. I checked up on Rarity, and then left again.

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The Next Day

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After twenty-four long, boring, sweaty, tiring hours, I had arrived at the Changeling Kingdom. It was enormous! There was a large wall surrounding the whole place, and a castle in the middle. There was no way I could get inside, rescue a whole town of ponies and get out again without getting caught or killed or something.