Chapter 4: Trials and Tests Part 1
They all stared at the dark forest in front of them, it was intimidating to most but one certain pony...
"If you guys are good with it I'm goin' in." Phantom trotted pass them only to be grabbed by Twilight's magic... again.
"Phantom you are not going in there, and while I do appreciate the offer... I'd rather do this on my own." Twilight gave him a slight glare. Clearly she either didn't want somepony to get hurt or she wasn't used to somepony helping her.
Dusk personally guessed it was the second option.
Applejack fortunately spoke up for the rest of them. "No can do sugar-cube, we sure aren't lettin' any friend of ours go in to that creepy forest alone."
Twilight hesitated, but before she could say anything, they walked into the depths of the forest. Phantom smirked victoriously and followed right after them. Twilight got out of her stupor by vigorously shaking her head and ran after them.
"Wait for me!" she yelled to the ponies that were a little ways in front of her. "So none of you have been in here before?" she asked, clearly afraid of being in the untamed woods.
A resounding "no" spread through the small group.
Once again AJ came to the rescue of the others. "Well it just ain't natural, folks say it don't work the same as the rest of Equestria." she explained.
"Well what does that supposed to mean?" Twilight lowered her voice, as if something would leap out at any second.
Rainbow took that as an opportunity to frighten the purple mare. "Nopony knows... you know why?" Applejack tried to call her off, only for Rainbow to continue, " 'Cause everypony who has ever come in... has never come OUT!"
When she finished the cliff they were standing on fell out from underneath them, leaving the two pegasi and Danny to fly above them.
"Fluttershy, Phantom, QUICK!" Rainbow shouted. They swooped down with Fluttershy repeating "omigosh" like it was a mantra.
Rainbow grabbed Pinkie Pie and hauled her into the air while Fluttershy grabbed hold of Rarity's tail to stop her from falling. Applejack was currently holding onto Twilight to keep her from falling off the edge. Danny was currently in a dilemma, if he grabbed either one of them, the other would fall.
"Applejack what do I do!" Twilight cried over the crumbling sounds from the breaking cliff.
Applejack gave her an answer after looking up and seeing Phantom flying above them. "Let go." Phantom's cries of protest were ignored by the country mare. Twilight wasn't able to speak and looked up at her with desperate eyes. Here was a pony willing to sacrifice her life for another she barely knew and it hurt to know she might not be able to repay her in the next couple of minutes.
"But what about you!"
"I'll be fine, so don't worry about me, I promise I'll be there for ya in a little bit." she gave Twilight a sad smile, "And I'm always honest to my friends Twi."
Twilight gave into the pony's wishes and let go. Phantom automatically scooped her up, and Applejack started to hop down quickly in order to not further disturb the already shifty rock and cause it to collapse. Had AJ not been trained to do these things, she wouldn't be standing next to Twilight to comfort her.
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Righto, down to business.
There will be the 'Trials' in the next couple of chapters and they won't be to far from the original episodes, but they will still have a twist and a bit more of Danny seeing as how he hasn't gotten as much attention this chapter. (He is THE main character of this story.)
I have posted a poll on what Element Danny/Dusk should have on my page. It's a private poll though and will only be revealed in the chapter that it appears.
People are free to make suggestions for said Element in PMs so feel free to send your ideas.
Oh, and keep on guessing that mystery character! (Not an OC)
Stay Hyper- RemmySpectre