Your wish came true.

“Rainbow, what happened to you?”

Her voice sounds very horse and rugged, she looks very very weak, “I… When we were sucked into that book I didn’t know where I was, I appeared with my element of harmony around my neck, and I saw you flying away from me, I though you didn’t want to see me anymore and that you didn’t love me, I was heartbroken. I tried to speed up but it seemed I was getting further and further away the more I tried to get to you, I tried to fly but that made it even worse. I couldn’t get enough speed to even get close to you., that’s when I collapsed, I just felt so bad, like it was somehow my fault, I let out a scream, hoping you would come back but you didn’t, I just laid here, with littler and littler hope.”

“Rainbow, I would never leave you, not for all of the mares in Equestria, you know that, don’t you?”

“Yeah but it didn’t seem like that at the time, I just felt so betrayed…” You bring Rainbow in for a hug, trying to make her feel better. “Thank you Speedster, I hope I never lose you again, ever.” She gives you a kiss and nuzzles her head into your chest, unaware of your necklace until it pokes her in the snout. “What’s this?”

“Oh, right. This is my element, not sure what it means yet but it was something I got at the end, it was shining a lot, but then I saw you and rushed over.”

“Got to the end of what?”

“Well, it was about my dad, I will tell you later, okay?”

“Oh, Okay.”

Suddenly you see that she has a cut on her back and that she was actually lying in her blood, “Rainbow! You’re bleeding!”

“I’m wha-“ She suddenly faints in your army, you try to shake her awake but it does no good.

“Help! Somepony please help me!” Out of the darkness you see a light shining, moving closer and closer towards you, a figure comes into your vision through the mist and you notice it’s none other than Twilight Sparkle! “Twilight! Help me quickly, Rainbow fainted but I can’t tell if she is breathing or not!”

“Okay, stand back.” Her horn lights up even more, bringing Rainbow up into the air, blood trailing off of her tail onto the floor. “Rainbow, this might hurt a bit.” Twilight mumbles under her breath, but you still hear it. A brighter light than her horn starts to surround Rainbow, slowly getting even brighter, almost so much that you have to look away. Just as you are about to look away you notice the cut on her back slowly closing up nicely and the blood disappearing from her cyan coat.

“It’s working!” You exclaim at the top of your lungs.

“Yes, just a few more moments she should be… Perfect!” She slowly puts Rainbow back on the floor, back into your arms

You hear slight mumbles from Rainbow, “Wha… what’s going on?”

“You fainted, you had a deep wound on your back, how did that happen?”

“I think it happened when I fell from the portal.”

Twilight interrupts before you can speak, “Where are the rest of the ponies?”

“I have no idea, did you see any of them Rainbow?”

“I think I saw Rarity, but then blackness surrounded me and I couldn’t see anyone or anything anymore, but then you appeared, and all that stuff happened. What happened to you, Twilight?”

“I lost all of my magic and I was in magic kinder garden again and all of the fillies were laughing at me because my horn wouldn’t work. I couldn’t do any spells and Princess Celestia hated me for some reason, but I stood up to her and then my magic started to work again, it was all really weird.” Twilight pulls a weird face and then looks up in astonishment, “It seems that we always have to stand up to something or face our fears. For whatever reason, but I think it might have been what you read out at the beginning of that book, can you remember what is it you said?”

“Uhm, I can try…” You start to recall your memories and almost instantly remember what it was (Why? Because I want him to, my story my rules, deal with it.), “Ut regnum tenebrarum omnes vos coram summo desiderio et metus nec nunc salvet te peribunt. Praecipio spiritus noctis processit ad nos in agrum nos autem ore pendent… Hey wait a second! I know that language, it’s Latin!”

“Erm, what’s Latin, Speedster?”

“Oh it’s just something I know.” You smile sheepishly. “Wait, who gave you this book Twilight?”

“Well, Princess Celestia of course.”

“Are you sure that she is the one who gave you this? Absolutely sure?”

“Yeah, why does it matter Speedster?”

“It’s just something I will have to speak to her about. Come on, we have to find the others, whereabouts did you see Rarity again, Rainbow?”

*****

“She was over there, by that tree.” She raises a hoof and points out a single tree in the field of blood.

“Come on gang, we have to go and save Rarity!”

You hastily put your head under Rainbow and lift her onto your back. You lead on towards where Rainbow pointed you, with Twilight behind you. As you get closer to the tree you see Rarity sitting alone, looking at her messy hoof in disgust.

“Rarity, what happened?!”

“Well dearies, if you must know. I was trying to impress a prince with my new dress that I made but he kept saying it looked disgusting! Can you believe the nerve of him? Look at me, the great Rarity; I make the best clothes in all of Equestria for Pete’s sake. The utter nerve of him.”

“Wait, is that IT?!” You all exclaim, staring blankly at her.

“Well of course not! I tried to impress him as much as I could but he kept saying that I was either too fat or too ugly, he just kept trying to put me down! He even kicked mud at me like I was just a mere peasant! The rapscallion! I decided to try making the ultimate dress; I used diamonds, rubies, sapphires and even emeralds! He hated that too! I spent so much time trying to impress him, I lost track of all of my orders and I eventually went bankrupt, I was living on the street with not a single bit to my name, people would mock me as they went past, but then I saw that no good, stuck up prince, he ruined my business and my life, I grabbed him and threw him into the mud, getting it all over my dress, or what was left of it should I say, it was the most unladylike thing I have ever done in my life I must say. I looked him in the eye and screamed with rage at him, “You don’t tell me what looks good and what doesn’t! I do! It’s my dresses and I look beautiful in them as well, I thought you were a good prince, but you’re just a simpleton, a big, fat, ugly simpleton!” Then the strangest thing happened, everything disappeared around me and I was just wearing my element of harmony around my neck, which I must say, I look fabulous in.”

You, Twilight and Rainbow just stare at her with blank faces, not saying a word.

“Speak up then, why are we here?” She roars.

Twilight snaps out of the trance, “Oh, we believe that we are here to face our fears, it must have been the first thing that Speedster read out, might have been an incantation of some kind.”

“Well that just won’t do, we have to get out of here, pronto!” She stomps a hoof to the ground as she finishes up.

A slight murmur comes from your back, “I agree.”

“Me too, did you happen to see Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy or Applejack when you got here?”

“Well, I believe that I saw Applejack a couple of meters away, try looing over there near those bushes, I shall wait here, I don’t like the idea of getting any more dirt on my hooves. Go on, shoo!”

“Yes ma’am!” You retort, laughing at her as you set off, she looks positively annoyed, and frustrated for that matter.