It was a beautiful day in the land of Equestria,the birds were singing and the sun was shining.
It was simple a wonderful day, and a certain rainbow maned pegasus was flying through the air doing what she does best.
“Woho! flying is the best thing ever.” dash shouted while performing a triple loop.
She was practicing all of her classic tricks, the cloud buster, the awesome ballerina super spin, the classic barrel roll and she was going to end it all with her trademark sonic rainboom. She flew high into the air and once she was certain she gained enough altitude, she dived down towards the planet’s surface. This time however, she decided to do it upside down with her eyes closed, because she was sure that her awesomeness would make it look even more awesome.
But faith is a curious thing, you never know what tricks it might have in store for you.
Earlier that day, Discord the now reformed embodiment of chaos decided to treat everypony in Canterlot to chocolate milk and cotton candy. Of Course using his chocolate filled cotton candy clouds to do so. It was a treat almost everypony in Canterlot enjoyed, since his chocolate milk was the best you could possible get your hooves on. But Discord always made sure the little fillies and colts got served first. The happy smiles on their pudgy little faces, could even bring Discord to his knees.
But one of his pink cloud had manage to escape him, but what harm could one tiny cloud bring.
Rainbow Dash was descending from the sky in a rapid pace, then it happened she broke the sound barrier and a ring of rainbow colors spread across the sky.
“Ha ha ha ha, I’m too awesome for my own good.” she said happily still flying with her eyes closed.
*SPLAT!* she hit the cotton candy cloud hard, she was completely engulfed by the sugary treat relaxing in the sky. The cloud was so sticky that she was unable to flap her wings to slow her descent. Luckily for her she was above the everfree forest, all the branches between her and the ground would hopefully slow her down a little.
“Oh no, this is bad. Ahhhhhhhh!” The branches ripped fiercely at her coat and she slammed her back into several thick ones. She finally crashed into the everfree forest with a loud boom.
Once the smoke cleared, Rainbow simply laid on the ground unconscious for a short while, but after a few minutes, she carefully stood up on her legs. Her vision was blurry and her entire body was hurting. She could see blood dripping from her head.
“This is bad, I need to get back to Ponyville.”
She jumped in the air and flared her wings, she felt a sharp pain in her back, that was when she realized that she had broken something in the fall. “Oh, please don't be my wing, please don't be my wing.” She carefully looked at her back and realised that one of her wings were missing. Dash started to panic, her heart was beating fast and she started to feel wossy. She fell back to the ground with a hard thud.
“No, this can’t be happening. I need to get back to Ponyville, I can't end like this!”
Dash tried to get back on her hooves, but the pain in her body was too much and the blood loss was not helping. She then heard the familiar noise of leaves rustling and twigs breaking.
The noise was getting closer and closer. Until finally a giant shadow was looming over dash’s broken body. Rainbow’s vision was too blurry to see who or what it was, but whatever it was it was big and it was reaching out for her.
“Somepony, Please help me.” She prayed before she passed out.
The giant creature picked up Dash and cradled her unconscious body in its arms.
Rainbow dash woke up in an unfamiliar bed and inside a dark cave, the cave was being illuminated by blue crystal emerging from the walls. The light was beautiful but not too bright, she had a hard time seeing anything inside the cave. She tried to get out of the bed, but to her surprise she realised that something was pinning her down. Dash continued to struggle, but whatever was keeping her in the bed, would simply not budge.
Then she heard something move inside the cave, she looked all over the place but it was too dark to see anything properly. A giant pair of green slitted eyes were looming over her.
Dash was panicking, the eyes alone were huge, she did not even see who the owner was. Once again she tried to free herself from whatever was holding her down. She felt a sharp pain in her body and realised that even if she could free herself somehow, she would not be able to fly away. Her heart was beating fast and sweat was drizzling down her forehead, she started to hyperventilate.
“You ssssshould not move around ssssso much, your body ssssstill have not healed.” A grim but gentle voice said.
Dash did not say a word, she was too scared to do anything. Whatever this creature was, it had her completely in its grasp. Dash would never admit it, but she cried, tears of a once proud mare who had been reduced to a broken fragment of who she once was. Her tears were slowly rolling down her cheeks and onto the bed.
The creature moved closer to her. Dash did not move an inch, she was too scared. Was this the end of the fastest flyer in Equestria, the future captain of the Wonderbolts? No it was not, Dash refused to end this way, she was not going down without a fight. She did not care how big or strong this thing was. Dash waited for the creatures face to get closer.
The creature moved closer to her, it reached out with one of its fingers towards her face. That was when she saw her moment, she bit down on the creatures finger with all her might. The creature reared back and the grip on dash’s body lossend. She took this moment and got out of the bed, she then bucked the creature right between its disgusting green eyes.
The creature however did not respond to the her kick. It was almost like Dash never kicked it, she tried again, this time she put all her energy in the buck. But once again the creature did not flinch. Realising that it was useless to try again. Dash sprinted towards a big light source, assuming that it was the exit. Her entire body was hurting, it felt like she was being stabbed by a thousand spears, but she was not going to give up. She pushed on, she could see the moonlight and the night sky, she was so close to freedom. But once she reached the entrance, she started to cough harshly *COUGH COUGH!* She fell to the ground, she tried to rise herself to her hooves. But it was no use, once she was standing on all four. The creature had already made its way to the exit, it was blocking her only escape route.
“MOVE OUT OF THE WAY! OR ELSE I WIL-” *BLARGH! She was puking blood, the adrenaline she felt earlier was gone and she passed out on the cave floor.
A few hours later.
Dash woke up in the same bed as before. She looked all around for the mysterious creature, but the only thing that caught her eyes was a small bonfire fire in the middle of the cave. judging by the rays of light coming from the outside. It should be in the middle of the day. She found it strange, why was there a fire going on at this hour? Unless that thing was planning on roasting her before eating her. Dash gulped, she then tried to get out of the bed. The pain in her body was too great and she ended up falling out of the bed, her face smashed against the ground.
“Ouch! great even more pain.” dash mumbled while rubbing her muzzle.
She felt something wet on her hoof. “Oh great on top of all this I got a nosebleed.” She brought one of her hooves to her nose, it did little good to stop the bleeding.
Dash did however not have time for this. She still had to escape before the creature came back. with great pain she slowly pushed herself onto her hooves. Her legs felt like jelly, and she was breathing heavily. Every step she took was a challenge. Not only did it hurt like crazy, she felt so weak and all the bandages on her body was not making it easier for her.
Dash had barely made it to the fire before she collapsed. The creature was still nowhere to be seen, so she decided to take a short breather to regain her strength. She looked over her broken body and that was when she realised that her a large portion of her body was covered in bandages.
“If that monster wants to eat me, then why would it treat my wounds and why would it put me back in the bed? It makes no sense, what kind of monster would nurse its dinner back to health before eating it?”
Dash was deep in thought and she failed to notice that something had come through the cave’s entrance. Then she heard a loud growling noise. Dash turned her eyes towards the source of the growling. She was expecting the monster from last night, but to her misfortune the creature standing before her was a large timberwolf.
The timberwolf slowly made its way towards her. The wolf was growling and was drooling all over the cave floor. Dash quickly raised to her hooves, only to fall back down again. “BLARGH!” She once again puked blood and her strength faded. The timberwolf licked its lips and walked slowly towards her. It licked one of her legs before biting down on it.
With a loud crunch the beast broked her bone and was brutally ripping of pieces of flesh, the wolfs snout was covered in blood.
“AHHHHHHHHHH!” Dash screamed, she had never felt pain like this before. Was this how she was going to die? Tears streamed down her face as the wolf continued to eat. Her vision begun to blur and she was having a hard time staying conscious.
Then suddenly a large shadow loomed over the timberwolf and a loud hiss echoed through the cave. The TImberwolf stopped eating and looked to the source of the hissing. The wolf growled and begun to bark loudly. But its barking came to an abrupt stop as the creature grabbed the wolf by its neck and snapped it. The creature then proceeded to break the wolf into tiny pieces and throw them into the fire. A green puff of smoke escaped the fire.
The creature made its way over to where dash was laying, it looked down on her leg and sighed.
“I Ssssshould have ssssstayed clossssser to the cave.” The creature said while cleaning and bandaging Dash’s mutilated leg. It then carefully carried Dash back to the bed and pulled the blanket over her body.
Who is this creature, why did it save me? Dash thought as she faded away into a deep slumber.
Chapter 2 Fear and worries.
Rainbow was pulled out of the land of dreams by some severe coughing. “Cough cough cough!” Her throat was dry and the faint taste of blood was lingering in the back of her throat. She opened her eyes and realised that it was in the middle of the night, she heard a noise and the creature was now right besides the bed, its massive body towering over her.
A bowl of water was brought towards her and and she felt a hand that was gently pushing her up so she could drink properly. At the moment Dash was so drowsy and thirsty, that she was able to ignored her fears, the only thing on her mind was the need to quench her thirst. She lowered her muzzle and drank deep from the cold water.
Once the bowl was emptied, she was carefully lowered back down into the bed. With her thirst quenched and the taste of blood no longer present, she shut her eyes. It did not take long for her to once again drift of to sleep.
The green eyes in the dark never lost their focus. Like a parent watching over a wounded child, or perhaps like a falcon looming over its next prey. The creature would not leave her side. But what is it’s purpose, only time will tell.
Meanwhile in the humble village of Ponyville. The rain was pouring down and lightning struck in the distance, on a night like this anypony would prefer to stay inside their warm little houses. But there was one lonely pegasus who was outside, she was on her way to the local library. Ignoring the storm and the cold wiping of the rain. The yellow pegasus would not stop for anything.
Twilight sparkle was enjoying a pleasant sleep in her bed after a long season of late night studying. She was drooling and enjoying a wonderful dream.
“Twilight Sparkle, my most faithful student. I have asked you here today for one reason only.” Celestia said splayed out on her back on a silk bed, her royal regalia was nowhere to be found and her usually everflowing mane had subsided, her now pink mane was covering one of her eyes. The aroma of chocolate and wine lingering it the air was intoxicating.
Twilight's eyes were wide open and she were unable to say anything, she just enjoyed the view.
“Princess I Do-”
a white hoof was gently place upon Twilight’s lips. “shush shush shush. Now don't say a word, come to mama and let her take care of you.”
Celestia pulled Twilight onto the bed. “I want you t-”
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!* Twilight’s dream was interrupted by the hard knocking on her door. With the grace of a slug, twilight slided out of her bed and walked towards the door.
“I swear, if this is a joke of some kind. I will transform whoever is responsible into an orange and then I’ll eat that orange.” Twilight muttered to herself.
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!*
“Yes I’m on my way, take it easy!” Twilight opened the door, only to reveal a soaked fluttershy, her eyes were swollen and bloodshot, it was obvious that something was not right.
“Fluttershy are you ok? Come inside, I don’t want you to catch a cold from standing outside in the rain.” She said with worry in her voice.
Fluttershy leaped onto Twilight and cried her eyes out. “I can’t find Rainbow Dash.” She said between sobs.
Twilight hugged her friend tightly and stroked her mane. “There,there. Now come inside and clam down. Sit down I’ll get you some hot tea and get a fire started. Once you are all dry and have calmed yourself we can talk, ok?”
Fluttershy nodded and walked to the fireplace, tears still streaming down her cheeks.
A few moments later.
A nice warm fire was crackling in the furnace and the scent of herbal tea filled the air.
Twilight was drying Fluttershy with a towel, once she was dry she was handed a cup of tea.
Twilight took a sip of tea from her own cup, she then placed it on a nearby table.
She took a deep calming breath. “So what were you saying about Dash, Fluttershy?”
Fluttershy had not touched her tea, her lower lip was trembling and tears were once again beginning to form in her eyes.
“It is awful, I have not seen Rainbow Dash since yesterday. She had promised to help me give Harry the bear a massage, once she finished practicing, and Rainbow never breaks a promise. When she did not show up I went looking for her, I was worried that she might have crashed or something.” Fluttershy began to sob and tears were dripping into her tea.
Twilight walked up to fluttershy and put a hoof on her shoulder.
“Fluttershy, Rainbow is the best flyer we know, I doubt anything serious have happened. But you are right, Rainbow would never break a promise.
*Clink*
Fluttershy’s teacup hit the floor and she was trembling like a scared puppy. Twilight levitated the teacup on the floor, she then sat down in front of Fluttershy. She hugged her and allowed her to cry on her shoulder.
“Sniff, what if *sob* she is hurt *sob* and can’t get back home?!” Fluttershy sobbed like a foal who had lost it’s mother.
Twilight levitated a tissue and wiped away her tears. “I promise that nothing bad has happened, maybe she took a nap on a cloud and it drifted away on the wind. I bet she is taking cover for the rain and will be back tomorrow. Now calm down and blow your nose.
With the grace of an angel, fluttershy blew her nose.
“But what if she’s not?” Tears were dripping down her face and down onto on the floor.
“I promise that if Rainbow Is not in Ponyville by tomorrow, we will gather everypony and search for her, ok?” Twilight smiled.
Fluttershy nodded her head, a big yawn escaped from her mouth. Her eyes were puffy from all the crying and she was feeling very tired. She rose from to her hooves and started walking towards the door. To her surprise Twilight teleported in front of her with a stern look on her face.
“Just where do you think your going?”
“Umm, home, if thats okay?” Fluttershy was a tad confused by the way her friend was acting.
“Oh no you don’t, it’s raining outside. You are emotionally unstable and you are probably not feeling too good, I'm not letting you walk home in this weather. I'm not allowing you to take the risk of catching a cold. you are staying here tonight.”
“But, I umm-”
“No buts Fluttershy! Now walk up those stairs and when i'm done cleaning up the tea. I want you to have brushed your teeth and gotten ready for bed.”
“Okej.” She whispered.
A few moments later, Twilight emerged from downstairs. She found Fluttershy standing outside her bathroom, with a slightly confused look on her face.
“Is something wrong Fluttershy?”
“Umm, I know you wanted me to be ready for bed. But where am I supposed to sleep?”
Twilight flashed a friendly smile to her. “You are sleeping in my bed, we are sleeping together tonight.”
“Epp, what, I mean I.... I can sleep on the couch, not that I would mind sharing the same bed with you. But I don't want you to feel uncomfortable.”
“Oh Fluttershy, I don’t mind. Besides I think you will feel alot better if we sleep together. Now come on, in the bed with you.” Twilight commanded.
Fluttershy slowly climbed into Twilights bed, shortly after Twilight climbed in, she pulled the covers over them both.
“Goodnight Fluttershy, sleep tight and have wonderful dreams.”
“Umm, likewise.”
Twilight turned of the lamp and she drifted off to sleep. Fluttershy was looking up in the ceiling, thinking about the things that had occurred that evening. She looked over at the sleeping Twilight.
“Thanks for being such a good friend Twilight.” She thought as she closed her eyes. She felt so lucky to have such a wonderful friend.
Suddenly Twilight rolled over and hugged her tightly. “Mmm, Celestia I promise to be gentle.” she muttered in her sleep and she gently nibbled on Fluttershy’s ear.
Fluttershy did not dare to move, she did not want to wake her friend, and thus the most awkward night in Fluttershy’s life had begun.
Rainbow Dash woke up a few hours later. As she sat up in the bed she could hear That rain was pouring down and the thunder rumbling in the distance. She turned her head left and right, looking for the monster. When she realised that it was not in the cave she gave a sigh of relief.
Dash had only one thing on her mind, escape while she had the chance. She made it to the edge of the bed and slowly lowered her hooves down onto the ground. The pain shooting through her hooves was not pleasant, she cringed a little. But once she manage to get her hind legs on the ground she almost passed out. The pain was too great. She had forgotten that a timberwolf had brutally snapped one of her hind legs. She was about to smash into the ground, when something snagged her torso. She was carefully lifted into the air and that’s when she realised that the monster had been sitting in the ceiling the entire time.
The monster was clutching one of the many stalagmites in the roof, and it very gently lifted Rainbow into the air. Once she was on eye level with the monster, it said.
“You should not move around ssssso much, little one.” It carefully placed Dash back on the bed, still holding her carefully by her torso.
Dash looked up in the ceiling, for the first time since she was taken to the cave. She got a good look at the monster.
But what she saw made her regret ever looking, a giant snake like creature with six arms.
Dash panicked and squirmed like foal in a highchair. But the snake monster was too strong, she tried everything but she was unable to escape its grip. She was scared, she was at the mercy of the monster. Tears started to form in her eyes and she wanted to scream.
The snake moved closer to her and it started to reach for her. Dash thought her final moment had come, she covered her head with her hooves and cried silently. But to her surprise the snake did not harm her instead it used one of its hands to wipe away the tears from her eyes. Dash slowly lifted her hooves and looked at the snake with a confused, terrified look on her face.
“You don’t have to be afraid little one. I'm not going to hurt you, but you need to move around lessssss violently, I underssssstand that you mussssst be terrified. But if you move around like that you are going to end up hurting yourssssself even more.” The snake said in a hissing but gentle tone.
Dash was breathing fast and she was still scared. But she gathered her courage and asked the first thing that came to her mind.
“So you are not going t..t...to ea..ea..eat me?” She said her voice trembling.
The grip on her torso loosened up and she was now sitting down on the bed. The snake leaned down to her eye level and smiled.
“Of course not, why would I have saved you in the first place if I simply wanted to eat you?”
Dahs looked down and begun to fidget with her hooves. She was uncertain of of how to feel about her current situation. On one hand she was wounded, and inside a cave with a giant snake monster. On the other hoof she knew never to judge a book or in this case a monster by its cover. She looked back up at the monster.
“What is your name?”
The snake turn its head and produced a few cracking sounds.
“You would not be able to pronounce my birth name properly. Ssssso you may call me by the name of my kin. My name is Naga, nice to meet you.” Naga held out one of his hands to Rainbow.
Rainbow assumed that he wanted her to grab his hand. So she reached out with one of her hooves and touched his big hand. He shook it slowly and carefully.
“My name Is Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in Equestria.” She smiled.
Could this be the beginning of a wonderful friendship or is something hiding in the dark?
