"Now that we've all eaten and our stomach's are full, let us commence forth to our sleeping quarters" said Rainbow Dash. Everypony laughed.

"That is NOT how I talk!" hoffed a blushing Twilight.

"Egghead." Rainbow Dash commented.

"I'll take that coming from the pony who likes to read." I said

"It's just one series." Rainbow Dash said

"Still. It's reading." I said

"What are you laughing at Spike?" Rainbow Dash said. Everypony stopped laughing and looked at her. "I dare you to drink that whole bottle of Cider. I wanna see how red your face can get!" Everypony laughed.

"Okay, okay. It's getting really late and it's going to be a big day tomorrow, so we really should get to bed." Cadence said. "Before some pony drinks until they pass out." She looked at Rainbow Dash.

"What?" She said. "I can handle some Cider." She said.

"I know Rainbow, but we all need to get up early tomorrow. Im going to try and help you as much as I can, along with Princess Luna."

"Oh ok." Rainbow Dash said, draining the last of the Hard Cider from the bottle and standing up a little wobbly. We all went to our rooms, Spike following Applejack to their room. I smiled at them. 'At last Spike got over Rarity.' I thought to myself. I went to my room and slept.

*****
"M....My Lord, it is done." Febreus said.

"Good, good." Sombra said. "The traps are secure, I presume?"

"Y...yes, My Lord." Febreus said.

"Good. Now, is The Army ready?"

"Y...yes, My Lord."

"Okay. You may go now." Sombra said. Febreus left the room. Next entered another pony. "Yes... it is finally here." Sombra said, accepting the package. He opened the book contained within. He read the first spell inscribed within. He turned to his skeletal pony. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Suddenly the skeletal pony exploded into bones. "What?" Sombra said. "Hmm. Ahh, I see wrong incantation." PELVATOR! Another pony entered the rom. This ones bones were bleached white, most of the ribs, however, were broken, cracked, or missing entirely.

"The Dark Lord called for me?" He said, striding up to King Sombra.

"Yes. I am in need of a spy. And you suffice."

"Well, I think they won't allow a Skeletal pony within Your empire." He said.

"Well, The General found this within the Library, and it contains quite an interesting spell that I want to test out." Sombra said.

"Well lets do in then, My Lord." He said. Sombra concentrated on the spell. a black glow erupted on Sombras horn. Suddenly, a black laser shot out at Pelvator and he was enveloped in a black mushroom cloud. When the cloud cleared, a pearly white pegasus was standing. He had a black and purple striped mane, with a black crystal as his Cutie Mark.

"Perfect." Purred Sombra. "Now, you new name is Perseuse. If anypony asks, you were born in Cloudsdale. Your parents names are Dungeon and Grey Flower. You are visiting the Empire on vacation. your wife is in Cloudsdale, along with your son Crayon.

"Crayon? My Lord?"

"Yes. He's a filly. Its been quite some time during my… uh…extended vacation since i've been in my empire. Do you got any other names?"

"No My Lord."

"Then go. I expect to here from you every night!" Sombra yelled as Perseuse left his presence.

*****
The next morning everypony went to the lunch area. "Ughh ... Don't ever, ever let me drink again" Spike groaned as he sat down, his head in his claws. Everypony laughed. Twilight used her telekinesis to open a refrigerator door and bring out a carton of Orange Juice and 8 glasses.

"Orange Juice will help with the hangover." Twilight said as she pored everyone a glass. Rainbow Dash looked at her glass, then to the carton. Then she took the carton and chugged the rest of its contents down.

"Uggh... I still don't feel any better than before." She said, coughing. 'Maybe we should wait another day until we feel better."

"NO!" Twilight shouted. "Princess Celestia is counting on us to find Discord and return him to stone! We can't give up on her now!"

"Um...Twili...Ah don't think were giving up on her, Rainbow is just saying to wait until were feeling better." I told her.

"I know, but I'm not sure if we can afford to wait" Twilight said.

"Ah know that Sugarcube, but everypony's feeling a little under the weather, an..."

"Under the weather is an understatement!" Rainbow Dash hollered from the bathroom.

"As I was saying, just give everypony some time to feel better, at least until the afternoon." I told her.

"Fine! But if Equestria is torn apart because of Discord, its on your hands!

"HANDS! Did somepony say hands?!?!?" Lyra said, suddenly appearing and running into the room. "Where?!"

"No Lyra. There are no hands, or humans, here. It was a figurative of speech." Twilight said.

"Oh." Lyra said, hanging her head sadly and slowly walking out of the room.

"Sorry Lyra!" Twilight hollered.

"You know, sometimes I think that Lyra is the fastest in all of Equestria." Spike said.

"SHUT UP SPIKE!" Rainbow Dash hollered from the bathroom, throwing up again. Everypony laughed.

*****
Later that day everypony was aroused from their slumber by Twilight. "Mfguh. Leeme lone Twilgiht" Rainbow Dash said when Twilight tried to wake her up. "Its noon-thirty. Leme sleep." With a sigh, Twilight left the room and came back with a long pole with a prong on the end. Twilight held the red button in and carefully touched Rainbow Dash with it. "YEOUCH!" Rainbow Dash hollered. "Im up! Im up!" She said, rubbing her flank where the cattle prod touched her. "What was that for?" She asked.

"Well, no pony would get up, so I asked Cadence for help and she gave me this." She said. Rainbow Dash looked at the mark the cattle prod made in the mirror.

"Now it looks like I have two cutie marks." Rainbow Dash said.

"It's the same with everypony else, besides Scootaloo. she was the only pony that got up when I woke her up." Twilight said as she left the room.

Now that everypony was awake (and a little worse for wear) we were ready to search for Discord. "Okay" Twilight said, laying out a map on a table. "Ive split this area into grids. We'll all split up into groups of two to search. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, you two search this area. Spike and Applejack, you two go up this way. I already searched this area earlier today. So stay away from there." She said, gesturing each area with a hoof. "Pinkie Pie and Rarity, you two search that area. And Fluttershy, you go with me." Twilight finished.

"Well, if Discord followed this river, he could end up miles from here." Rainbow Dash said, tracing it with her cyan hoof. "Or he could be hiding out in any of these abandoned villages." She said, gesturing to several of the arguer ones. "All of them have some sort of integrate caverns beneath."

"I know." Twilight said.

"What about the caverns under The Empire?" Rarity asked.

"We thought of that. So Cadence cast a spell, preventing him to enter any of the openings within. They've also sent in a search team. He's not there." Twilight said. "Im guessing we have maybe seven hours of daylight at most, so we'll meat back here as soon as it starts to get dark."

"Well, what are we doing standing around then? Were wasting light! Lets get a move on. Come on Scoots. Lets go." Rainbow Dash said. The three of them left (counting Necrofear of course) Everypony split up, looking for Discord.

*****
"Oh...oh my... hello little squirrel. How are you doing? Would you like an acorn?" Fluttershy asked. I face hoofed myself. This was like the hundredth squirrel she was talking to, and we weren't even 100 meters from The Empire. In fact, I could still see The Crystal Empire through the trees.

"Fluttershy, come on! We can talk to animals later! We need to search for Discord!" I told her.

"But...but its a black squirrel! there really rare"*

"I know Fluttershy. But we need to go. Just take him with you then." I told her.

"Okay!" She said happily, letting the ninja~like squirrel climb up her forehoof, letting it come to rest on her shoulder, chittering happily, holding an acorn in its little paws.

Rolling my eyes, I continues walking through the forest, while Fluttershy cooed at her animal friend behind me. As I walked, I wondered how the other ponies were doing.

*****
"Pickle barrel kumquat! Pickle barrel kumquat! Pickle barrel kumquat! Pickle barrel kumquat! Come on Rarity, say it with me"

"Not now Pinkie Pie. Im a little busy right now..." She said, looking at her reflection in a small pond as she cleaned her mane a little with her hoof.

"Oh look a frog! Pinkie Pie said. "Wow look at the size of it! He's huge! Imma gonna get him." I said

"Um-hum you do that darling." Rarity said. So I ran and jumped into the pond, drenching everything, including Rarity, in black, disgusting pond water.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Rarity yelled. I held up the big bullfrog up to show her.

"Wow lookie here Rarity! He's fat! Very, very fat! Imma gonna keep him as my pet. Croak Croak Crokey little froggie. Ha ha! it rhymed! Croak Croak Crokey little froggie! Well, he's not little, cuz he's a big un! But he's still my little froggy! Hey! He can help us catch Discord! He could eat him! nom nom nom! Wouldn't that be funny Rarity?" I asked her. "Rarity? Why are you covered in mud?" I asked her.

Rarity, meanwhile, was rolling in some clean grass, in an effort to try and clean her fur and mane. After several minutes, Rarity finally stood up, still covered in mud, sticks and leaves. "Rarity, you need to get cleaned up." I told her. I dropped the frog onto the ground who just sat there, looking dumb, staring at Rarity. Suddenly, his tongue shot out and plucked a bug from Rarity's mane.

"There are bugs in my mane?!" She said, horrified. I filled my party cannon with clean water, aimed it at Rarity, and fired it. Confetti and water hitting her, cleaning everything from her mane, but drenching her again.

"Ta Da!" I said to her. "Now your all cleaned up!" Rarity shook herself dry, picking confetti out of her mane.

"Lets just go." Rarity said.

"B...but what about my frog?" I asked as I, once again, held up the frog. My mane was deflated.

"Take it with, I really don't care." Rarity said, getting more annoyed by the minute.

"Yayyyyyyyyyy!" I said, my mane popping back up into its normal springy mess. I bounded past the pond, the frog tucked carefully in my saddlebag.

*****
Spike rode on my back as we walked through the woods. "So where do you think Discord would be at babe?" He asked.

"Am not really sure Spike. He could be anywhere. Heck, he might not even be in The Empire anymore. He could have left for Ponyville for all we know." I told him.

"Oh."

"Yup." We walked in silence for a while. I could tell something was wrong with him, but I wasn't sure what. "Is something wrong Sugarcube?" I asked, concerned.

"No.Its fine AJ." He said.

"Are you sure? You've been a little off since we got here." I said.

"I don't know AJ. Does it seem right?" He asked.

"Does what seem right?"

"Us. I mean, I'm a dragon, and your an Earth Pony... In fact, our kind went meant to mix... to be together. But yet... we are." He said.

"Of course its all right. Its Love. Princess Celestia understood. Are you nervous about what other ponies will think?" I asked him.

"No. I don't mind what they think, but i've just felt weird lately. I...Im not sure why." He said.

"Do you think that i'll like you less because of who you are?" Spike nodded and averted his eyes as he wiped back some tears. "Spike, I love you. Just because your a dragon won't change anything." I told him.

"Yes it will Applejack! How wouldn't it? Other ponies will view you differently because your dating a dragon!" He said.

"But I don't care Spike! Neither do our friends or any of the people that matter to either of us." I told him.

"But what would my parents think?" He asked.

"I thought you didn't know who they were?" I asked him.

"Well, remember that day I ran away from home to live with the dragons?" He asked

"Yea..." I said.

"Well, I found them and I've been writing to them whenever I can." He said.

"Why didn't you tell any pony about this?" I asked him.

"Because, I didn't want you to think I had a reason to leave you guys. Especially, now, you." He said.

"But what if you wanted to visit? You would have to tell then, right?" I asked him.

"Well, yea. But what would they think?" He asked, tears running down his face. "They would disown me." He said, looking away.

"What are you saying?" I asked, feeling tears running down my face as well.

"I dont know Applejack. I know that I love you and you mean a lot to me, but i just don't know what to do. You do love me, right?"

"Of course I do Spike! Why wouldn't I?"

"Because I'm a dragon." he sad glumly, looking away. He hopped off my back and kicked a pebble. " I mean, the only reason Celestia didn't say anything is because she wants US to do her job. Why else would she be okay with it?"

"Because its love!" I told him. I took his head in both of my hoofs, forcing him to look at me. "Love is a beautiful and amazing thing! It allows two ponies to come together and get to know each other!" I told him.

"But if there wasn't love...there wouldn't be hate either...or murder...or any of the other bad things in our world." Spike said.

"But thats just it! God gave us the ability to love, to have feelings. We have the capability of loving one another, but with that comes the ability to hate...to have feelings. Without feelings, we would be robots. God wanted us to have freedom and to have feelings. We can choose wether to love and heal feelings between to ponies. We can choose wether to miss-use our abilities as well, such as many ponies have in the past, and as they will in the future. Its up to you, to each and every individual pony, to fix that and to use what God gave us for good." I told him.

"But no pony will see it that way." Spike said. "Who would?"

"Who wouldn't! Why can't you see that Spike? I love you, wether or not any pony disagrees I don't care. I never asked them their opinion, and quite frankly, I don't care." I told him. He looked away. "If you don't want to be with me..." I said, feeling my eyes weld up with tears from the amount of feels I was experiencing "Just get it over with, Spike. Just tell me you don't feel the same way. Don't start sparing my feelings." I told him.

"Applejack..." Spike started to say, but I cut him off.

"It's a simple yes or no question Spike! Either you do...or you don't." I said.

"I do Applejack!" He said.

"Then whats the problem?" I asked.

"I don't know. I just feel depressed." Spike said. "Maybe its because of Rarity, I don't know."

"Do you still love her?" I asked him, slightly dreading the answer myself.

"A little, but I love you more AJ." He told me. I smiled at him. Spike leaned towards me and kissed me, putting his slightly shaking claws on my shoulders. When we broke apart, he smiled. Our relationship was saved and back in order.

*****
"So, if I were Discord, where would I hide?" I asked Scootaloo.

"Mmm...In a tree?" she said. "No no, in a house!"

"But what one?" I asked her. We were in one of the villages, one of the largest ones, but the only one with 'skyscrapers,' buildings that were maybe, at most, 20 stories tall. Some of them were burned out and destroyed. It looked exactly like it would if there was a zom-pony apocalypse. But, of course, I wouldn't mention that to Scoots, because she is afraid of zom-ponies. This city had been abandoned about 4 months ago, for reasons that I do not know. "Well, lets start searching then." I told her. Scootaloo buzzed off to a building and I went to a different one. I knew I should have stuck with her, being a filly and all, but I thought she could handle herself. After all, she had Necrofear with her. I slowly tried to open a door, but over the years the rust had gotten to the hinges. So I simply punched a hole into the door.

It didn't hurt, because of how soft the old rotting wood was, so it was quite easy to break into the room. I looked around. To my right was the kitchen, complete with cups of moldy coffee. There were maggots crawling in the food on the plates. I walked by the fridge to look out the window and threw up my breakfast. The smell coming from the fridge was extremely bad. I stumbled out of the room on wobbly legs. I slumped down on the couch to catch my breath. It was almost as if there WAS a zom-pony apocalypse, seeing as how it seems as if every pony walked out, just leaving everything in its place as if they would come back for it. There was an old shattered TV in the corner and some mice have made their home in the sofa opposite of me. They looked out of their hide-hole and looked at me inquisitively. Then they scampered back into their home.

When I felt less sickly I went back into the hall way and up the stairs. There were three rooms and a bathroom up here. The first bedroom was for the parents. They had a TV mounted to the celling. There was a baby crib in the corner, with one of those little mobile things above it. I went into the next room. There was a bunk-bed against the wall, with toy trucks and dinosaurs and legos littering the floor. The bathroom contained nothing interesting, just dust. I walked into the third room and looked around. It looked like an office or sorts. I spotted something that caught my eye. A Daring Do book. It was one of my favorites. The sixth one in the series called The Willows. I walked over to it and suddenly felt myself falling. I had fallen through the floor. I hit the ground hard, my head banging on the coffee table in the living room. But I was unharmed (besides my head), that is until I fell through the now weaker living room floor. This time when I hit the ground, I did not awake.

*****
I was having a ton of fun. I enjoyed going house to house searching for Discord. 'Cutie Mark Crusaders Search and Rescue!' I thought happily to myself. I bounded around, having a blast, when suddenly I tripped over a curb and banged my head on a fire hydrant, causing me to see white. I sat down, waiting for my vision to clear. Suddenly, I saw some pony in the road. The Unicorn pony walked up to me. "All you all right?" He asked. I scrambled away from him. "Hey, hey, don't be afraid. Im not gonna hurt you." Suddenly Necrofear ran to the pony making this weird sound, a whatduus kind of sound. He shot an arrow looking tongue by the pony, trying to figure out if he meant any harm.** Satisfied he meant no harm, he sat back on his hunches, watchful. "That is one excellent creature there. Quite useful. Now, lets go before anymore find us."

"W...what about Rainbow Dash?" I asked, scared.

"Oh, the cyan colored pony? Rainbow Mane? Cutie Mark is a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt?" He asked.

"Yea!" I said.

"We have her, safe and sound. Found her while scavenging. Must have fallen maybe two stories down. Knocked out cold when we found her. Lucky to be alive I say. Some scrapes and bruises, but otherwise completely fine."

So I went with him. I followed him for 10 minutes. Part of my mind thought, 'I shouldn't go with him!' But another part of me said, 'He has Rainbow Dash! I must go with him to save her!' So I walked with the man. Finally, we got to a building. Two stories tall, it seemed like a building for storing supplies dropped off from ships. When I got inside, i found out I was right. They had moved the shipping crates to form towers and rooms. I followed the man into an area labeled 'infirmary' and found Rainbow Dash lying on the bed, reading a Daring Do novel.

"Rainbow Dash!" I shouted happily, jumping onto the bed and into Rainbow Dashes hooves.

"Hey squirt." She said, ruffing my mane up with her hoof. "What you been up to?"

"We didn't find Discord." I said sadly, averting my eyes from hers.

"Thats okay. Im sure we wouldn't have been able to find her on the first try. Maybe our friends have found a clue." She siad. "Now if you guys will excuse us," She said, closing her book, "We'd like to leave now."

"We cant let you do that." The Unicorn said. "Its getting dark out. There are guards out there."

"Guards?" Rainbow asked, confused.

"You dont know?" He asked.

"Know what?" RD asked.

"Well, somepony is talking over. We dont know who. There are skeletal guards who come out and search for ponies to take them away. Well get you back to where ever you came from in the morning." He said.

"Okay with me. Im not complaining. The foods great!" Rainbow Dash said, taking another bite from her half eaten vanilla pudding cup.

"Okay." I said. The ponies left us to get settled in for the night. I just hope the other ponies back at The Empire wouldn't worry to much about us. Knowing Twilight, it cant be good.

*****
"Where ARE they?" Twilight said, worried.

"Oh please Darling, there fine. Just a little late is all. They probably went to far out and its dark now. They're probably holed up in some old house until tomorrow."

"RARITY! Do you know what is out there? Creatures that aren't even in the Everfree forest! Things more dangerous than a Timberwolf!

"And...?" Rarity said.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Come on Rarity! What is with you? There our friends! I KNEW we shouldn't have taken Scootaloo along with us! I just knew it! When i see RD again im gonna..."

"TWILIGHT...." I said. "There fine. dont worry so much. Besides, She has Rainbow Dash. And that...Thingy."

"Ah think Spike's right. We shouldn't worry so much. RD will take care of Scootaloo as well as Necrofear." Applejack said. "A've seen plenty worse things, and RD always prevails. Thats why her Element is Loyalty."

"But dont you see? Theres to much of a balance of good." Twilight said.

"What?" Applejack said.

"Remember Nightmare moon? There was peace and prosperity, to many good things, then Nightmare Moon returned to try to even out the good a little."

"A little? She almost caused eternal darkness! You know that im afraid of...uh...never mind." Spike said blushing. Twilight rolled her eyes and continued.

"We defeated Nightmare Moon and returned her to her good self, taking it off balance again. Then Discord, which was harder than Nightmare Moon, Then Sombra, Then Christalist, which was the worst of all. Each time, it gets harder and harder to defeat enemies, because theres an off-balance."

"I get it. Because of all the good thats happening, theres bad things that have to happen too, to even it out a little! Like making a cake! You got to even out the frosting and everything, or it tastes wired." Pinkie Pie said.

"Exactly! Which is why this is going to get worse and worse, until eventually, the evil wins, and will win for a while, years actually. Then balance will be restored and it will start all over again, years of prosperity, then a little evil here, a little there, slowly working up, harder and harder, until theres evil for a while, and then it will happen all over again!" Twilight said. "Dont you see, this is what will take us down. This is our... extinction of end." Twilight turned away from us, sitting down, her head in her hoofs. She turned back to us. "This is it. We're going to loose this one. We're done. The Elements of Harmony will be gone. Chaos will reign, and well live out the rest of our years in torment, praying for a quick and painless end."

"Celestia and Luna will help!" Spike said.

"Dont be stupid Spike. Remember how the Christalist defeated her? Sure she cant die, because as ling as the sun and moon exist, they cant die, or age, but they can sure be defeated." She said.

"Oh." Said Spike. "So were fighting a loosing battle?"

"Basically, yes. If what Celestia says is true, and its not only Discord, then we've probably lost. But if its just Discord, then theres a chance. We could persway him, and not a better pony to do that than his first true friend." We all turned to the shy, canary yellow pegasus, Fluttershy.

"Oh, I'm...I...I dont think I could. H...he might not listen..." Fluttershy said.

"Of course he will! He'll listen to the first pony that truly believed in him! Why wouldn't he?" Twilight asked.

"Oh well...i dont..." Both Rarity and Twilight started perswaying Fluttershy that her efforts were helping. I leaned in close to Applejack and whispered "Twilight will be at this for hours. Why dont we just go?"

"Okay Sugarcube." AJ said. We slipped away from the three, unnoticed and headed to our bedroom. We closed the door behind us, taking care to lock it so Twilight wont taze us like she did yesterday. Of course, she could use her magic to wretch the door off of its hinges, as well as repair it so Cadence wont know she ever broke it. We climbed into bed and i felt AJ pull me closer to her. She sighed happily.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing Spike. Im just happy." She said.

"Why?" I asked. Certainly theres nothing to be happy about, especially with Scoots and RD missing.

"Well, ah finally have somepony to share my bed with for a start, second, its with you, third, im pretty sure were going to beat this, no matter what Twili says. forth...." she never got to four, because i interrupted her with a kiss. We wrapped our arms around each other and she lifted her head a little off the pillow, slowly positioning herself so instead of lying down, we were both sitting up. Suddenly, she pushed me onto my back, pushing herself on top of me. We broke apart. "Are ya okay Spike?" She asked, seeing a blush form on my face, not used to this whole relationship thing.

"Y...yea." I told her.

"Ya dont look like it." Suddenly she climbed off of me, nervous that she might have pushed it to far. Blushing she said "Sorry Spike. Ah guess ah got to carried away." She looked away from me.

"No it wasn't!" I told her. "I liked it. I just wasn't expecting it."

"Oh." There was some silence. "So, um, do ya, uh, want ta keep going?" She asked, suddenly nervous again.

"Only if you do." I told her. Suddenly she lept herself at me, pressing her muzzle agents mine. I was pushed back onto my back and i wrapped my claws around her, happy that I didn't offend her. After several minutes, she pushed herself away from me and laid back down on her pillow. I accompanied her. We laid on our backs, her chest exposed. Suddenly i had an idea. I took my claw and ran it gently down her chest, starting from the base of her neck and running down, stoping just above her waist. She shuddered with pleasure at this new feeling. I did to to her several more times, each resulting in a cute shiver, making her release a few moans as i did this as well. "You like that?" I asked her, doing it again.

"Y...yea Spike I d...I do." She said shuddering again. I assumed doing this was the same as massaging a pegasus's wings. Suddenly she kissed me, pressing herself up agents me. "Sp..Spike" She siad, breaking from the kiss.

"Y...yea?" I asked.

"Ahm...ahm...a a...v...a virgin" She said, blushing and looking away.

"I...is this to much?" I asked her

Ah...ah dont know.. Ah like it Spike ah really do, but im not sure im ready to loose ma virginity, but at the same time ah do."

"Oh." I said. "Well im not pushing you to do that, you know that AJ."

"Ah know Spike. Thats one reason ah love you." She said.

"I love you too Applejack." I said. I pulled her close to me and nuzzled her affectionately, her mane in my face. It smelled like Zap Apples, which was amazing, because the Zap Apple season hasn't started yet. But she still smells like Zap Apples. I always enjoyed the smell of Zap Apples, especially Zap Apple Pie. Applejack sighed happily. I ran my hand through her mane and she cooed happily. I dont think i have ever seen Applejack this happy. She pulled me closer and held me a little tighter.

"I love you so much Spike." Applejack said.

"I know AJ. I love you too."

*****
I awoke with Scootaloo pressed up agents me. Suddenly one of the men came in and said to me,

"Come on. Lets get a move on. Wake up your little pony and lets go."

"Okay. Scootaloo... Scootaloo... ...yea its not working."

"Say her name louder." He said.

"Scootaloo..." I whisper. "Nope. nothing. I guess we'll have to leave without her." I told him with a grin.

"Oh just shake her."

*****
10 minutes later found us packed and ready outside of the compound. remembering the events that transpired this morning brought a smile to my face. of course, i wouldn't really leave Scootaloo behind, but i was just in a good mood for some reason. I was sure that one of the ponies had found Discord and we would be on our way.

"Why thats a nice necklace you got there mam." A man said.

"Thanks. Its one of The Elements of Harmony." I told him.

"I KNEW IT!" Another mare said. With a sigh, he pulled out a small bag of bits and passed it to the mare who had shouted. A look of confusion must have crossed my face, because he said,

"We had a bet going. She said you were in Canterlot during the Changling invasion and you helped save the day." he said. 'Huh. These ponies must not know who I really am.' I thought.

"Yup. The one and only Rainbow Dash, barrier of the Element of Loyalty, and the sole creator of the Sonic Rain-boom.

"Prove it." He said, a look of daring in his eyes..

"Okay." I said. I flew into the air, higher than i have ever dared flown before. Then I rocketed down, towards the ground. suddenly, an explosion rocketed behind me, then not three seconds later, another explosion spanning behind me, a rainbow connecting the Double Sonic Rain-boom together. I rocketed over Scootaloo's head, a choras of wow's and aww's behind me, fueling my speed. I rocketed over the compound and i looped around back to the group, touching down beside Scootaloo gracefully.

"Another 50 bits lost...damn" the pony said, forking 50 bits over to the second, laughing mare.

"That was a double Sonic Rain-boom, by the way." I told him proudly.

"Damn." Was all he could say.

I think I have just earned another fan.

*****
'Oh God oh God oh God oh God...where ARE they?!?' I thought as I ran through Canterlot. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo should have been here by now. In fact, they should have been here yesterday.' I continued running through the streets, barreling past crystal ponies towards the direction of the Sonic Rain-boom. We all saw it, but it seams like I'm the only one who's taking it seriously. 'Double Rain-Boom' I thought mater-of-factly. I galloped out of the Empire and into the wilderness where the Sonic Boom was created. I just hope there not in trouble.

Finally i saw them, accompanied with several other ponies. I ran to RD and she held me in her hoofs and squeezed me tight. She said,

"Friendship headlock!"

"Agh...R...Rainbow, your choking me! I cant breath!"

"Friendship pile-driver!" She said.

"Wait, no...OUCH!" I said, as I was slammed into the ground. Of course, it wasn't painful, as RD has done worse, not to mention the things i've been through. I got up and dusted myself off, Rainbow Dash and a few new-comers laughing at my expense. "Ha ha RD, very funny." I said. "Who ARE these ponies?" I asked her.

"Uh, it would be easier if i told the entire group, instead one at a time; you know Twilight... or should I call you Twili? Cuz you seem to like it when a certain stallion sa..." She was interrupted with my hoof suddenly appearing in her mouth.

"Call me Twili, and you'll be grounded for life...literally." I said, glaring at her. That shut her up. After all, there are multiple instances that i prevented her from using her wings, 2 months was the longest, if i recall.

"Ok, ok Twilight...sheash." Dashie said.

We walked back towards the empire. 15 minutes found us back in the grounds; another 15 and we were back in the castle. We all hugged Rainbow, who, being modest, didn't want them to fuss over her. But we could all tell she loved it. Now comes the important part; who were those ponies, and what happened. Currently Cadence and Shinning Armor were dealing with them. Rainbow sat down, and told us her story.

*****
20 minutes later RD finished her story. "I guess your right Twilight." Rarity said. Its not just Discord. Theres no way it CAN be.

"Yep. So its over. We might as well return to Ponyville and enjoy what little time we have left." Twilight said.

"What are you talking about Twilight?" Rainbow Dash said.

"Twilight thinks that theres to much Harmony and eventually we'll loose. Theres to much of a balance. Ever notice how each villain has gotten harder and harder to fight?" Rarity said.

"Well I dont know about you, but im not giving up quite yet." Rainbow said.

Author's Note

Can anyone list the 3 quote's? Here's a hint, its from AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Episode 6 TS-19 (the season finale, one of my favorites along with the season 3 finale) Leave the likes and comments below. (and I have decided to make Sombra more like He-who-must-not-be-named. Perseuse is a name of a suit shop in Grand Theft Auto 4. The part with the cattle prod is from the movie, The Ultimate Gift.) Oh and I guess i should also do some shout outs. Thanks to DJ for the editing and for giving me some inspiration for this story. (I'm not sure if he has an account on here, otherwise i would give a link to his site. ill update this if i ever find out) Sorry that i wont be on much during the summer so i wont be able to work on the book but ill try

* There actually are black squirrels. I've seen them in person. I picture them as little ninjas.
** I got the idea for this from 'Alien Planet full Documentary.' The creature with the tongue is called an Arrow Tongue. He makes a sound like echolocation and he uses sonar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLfNe12BKE