Chapter Thirteen

"Seeing The Sights"

Gentle, cool gusts of sudden wind woke me from my night of sleep. I opened my eyes slowly and went to rub them, but to my surprise, my right

arm was pinned to the floor, unable to move. Confused, I squinted my eyes toward the bright, morning sunlight and looked over to see what was

resting on my arm. It wasn't a ton of weight, but whatever it was seemed to have made my arm fall asleep, and it tingled to the movement I

put into it. Then, I saw what, or who, was on top of it. It was Rainbow Dash, the pony who I tried to talk to last night about how I was feeling

about everything that has happened. It turns out that the whole talking thing was too little, because we barely even said a few words before

kissing each other on the lips, just like we did in Ponyville that one day. I remembered it as a soft, gentle kiss, with not too much passion, but

enough to show how she felt for me. In fact, I had to set the record straight and say she was a real good kisser for not kissing anypony before. I

guess I was her first…and she didn't want anyone else, according to her.

Rainbow Dash lay motionless in slumber, nuzzled into my right arm. Her eyes remained shut as a gust of wind blew over both of us, making her

ear gently twitch as if it were dancing along with the summer breeze. I watched her, studying her in a way that confused, yet admired me. I

began to notice that whenever she was around me, I felt no negative feeling or thought one single negative thought. She always kept a positive,

caring attitude toward me, and I loved that about her. There was never a dull, nor a boring time when I was around her. From the time she was

crying into me, to when she tackled me in the woods to give me a good scare, she would always have her hospitality and loyalty. It really showed

how amazing these cartoon ponies were, and how they act and everyth-

…I'm not crazy or anything, don't worry.

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash's body jolted upward as if she had sprung back to life. Her eyes slowly opened and she began to blink, letting out a big

yawn right in my face. She had forgotten I was right in front of her, so I decided to have a little fun.

"Hey Dash!" I said, a little louder than I would normally.

She went from a full yawn to sudden panic. Her eyes widened and she jumped backward, screaming for a moment. I couldn't help but laugh

after what she did. I laughed so hard, I actually fell backward and shut my eyes, on the verge of tears. It was all planned so perfectly.

"H-Hey! Th-That wasn't very funny!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, shaken a bit.

I couldn't stop laughing. I kept on holding my sides and rolling around on my back like a little kid.

Then, Rainbow Dash stood up and walked over to me, and did something that…really confused me.

"Hey! Quit laughing! Joke's over!" She yelled at me in anger and embarrassment.

Just like someone flipped a switch in my body, I went from full humor to surprised shock. Did I just piss off Rainbow Dash...

Before I could say another word, she groaned and turned her back to me, walking toward where Princess Celestia and Twilight were sleeping

before. Feeling bad, I got up and walked toward her until something caught my eye. Something…that I didn't see before, shining from the sun's

glow. I looked at it for a moment, then back at Rainbow Dash, who was now sitting down on the log by the burnt out campfire. I looked over at

what I saw before, and decided to walk over to it. I narrowed my head, stretching it out like an ostrich to see if I could view it easier. Upon

walking to it, something behind it caught my eye too. It was brown…dusty…and kind of boring I guess. I was real confused on what I was looking

at until I approached it, pushing a few tree branches out of the way so I could get a better view. What I was looking at changed everything…and

it was almost too good to be true.

Farmland.

I looked around at the acres upon acres of tended, dusty farmland around me. It stretched for what seemed to be miles. It was a lot of land, but

it meant one thing. Since it was tended, someone was near. Another person who could help us was within the area! We could be saved sooner

than we thought! I had to tell the others!

A grin upon my face, I ran over to the others, who were now beginning to wake up from their night of sleep. They looked over at me coming,

confused on why I was running, and why I had this huge smile on my face. They decided to get up and meet me halfway to see what was going

on. Finally, we met up.

"Lone, what's the matter?" Twilight asked, studying my face like it was one of her textbooks.

Out of breath from running, I couldn't say much. So instead, I pointed over to where I was admiring the farmland. Both three mares looked over

my shoulder to see nothing but more trees. They then looked at each other, confused, and for all I know, they could've thought I was going

crazy.

"Uh…" Rainbow Dash said, "We can't see anything over there that we haven't already seen, Lone."

I shook my head, trying to get my breath back. As I did, Princess Celestia spoke.

"Now wait, Lone will tell us once he regains his breath."

I took a final exhale, then looked at them, pointing behind my back.

"There's an opening out of these woods I just found. It leads to a huge area of farmland, and it's tended! That means someone is close by!"

All three of the mare's faces lit up.

"Does that mean we have a way to get out of here?" Rainbow asked.

Twilight answered for her.

"It appears so! Show us Lone, where you saw this area."

I nodded and walked over to the opening. Once we got there, I pointed out into the miles of open-ended land ahead. Twilight and Rainbow Dash

squeed and hugged each other, saying how happy they were to finally find a way to get out of here and onto different paths to advance back

home, which…concerned me. Rainbow suddenly seemed really happy to have seen this land, and to have the idea that she may very well be

going back home. It was obviously going to happen, that much I knew, but…I didn't want it to happen. I loved spending the time that I have so

far with her, and I didn't want her to go away this quick. But based on how she was acting so suddenly, I think she wanted to go back to

Equestria more than stay here with me. I began to soften up, but Princess Celestia suddenly came up behind me and looked toward me.

"Thank you Lone Star, for finding this. This will begin our second checkpoint. The second checkpoint to getting us all back to where we belong."

I nodded, letting Rainbow Dash, Twilight and Princess Celestia advance past me and into the open field. Taking a step forward, I stopped and

looked back one time at the wrecked jet that still lay on the Earth's crust behind me. I sighed, blinked, then turned my head away from it and

continued behind the mares, forgetting about the past.

"Where we belong..." I thought, "Yeah…"

(Chapter Thirteen is done! Sorry for the delay. Sports and writers block stuff. I hope you enjoyed the new chapter and the new plot idea! Thanks

to everyone who sent me messages and reviews with ideas! All were considered and kept in touch! More to come!)

~LS