-PART 6-

Rainbow Dash woke up in Sam's bed. She noticed that the window was open and that the sun was still on the rise. She got on her feet and walked out of the room, she heard voices coming from downstairs so she went to investigate.

There she saw Sam and Pinkie Pie playing "Pat-a-cake"

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's-" They stopped their game and looked at Rainbow Dash.

"Hay Dashy!" Said Pinkie Pie.

"Hay." Replied Dash still tired and not fully awake.

"Hay Sam, can you tell us where we need to go, we're really in a hurry."

"We are." Said Pinkie Pie backing her up.

"Miss Rainbow Dash while you were asleep I drew a map and added some directions to how you two can get back on track to that little town the Pink mare told me about. You two are still on your little quest to get your ingredient right?

"Yup."

He laid down a very broad map of the everfree forest which was scribbled onto a cloth. On it were the directions to how to get to Flower Shine, as well as how to get back to Ponyville. The directions had a few red marks on them that were areas Dash and Pinkie were to avoid. He told them that they would be passing through a very dangerous neighborhood. So they should stick to the woods and avoid the houses. The directions were simple enough to understand, and with that, they were back on the road.

The cloth Sam gave them was dirty and the directions were hardly visible in the sun, but never the less they still understood it and were heading down the path Sam had directed them. The two fillies walked down a dark road that the map instructed them to go. The road had large trees and it gave them a sense of direction for the map showed a shaded area which they were supposed to arrive in. They continued walking along the road. The neighborhood they were to go around was several miles ahead of them, so they could freely walk down the road and feel safe.

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie walked down the road noticing that it was getting more and more faded. They checked the map, and sure enough they were approaching the neighborhood Sam told them to avoid. The map showed a road through the woods that they could use to walk around the town, but it was still very close to the houses. They went off the road and walked through the woods like they were suggested.

The woods were thick, but were still maneuverable. As they continued walking they noticed the houses appearing. They looked normal, but were slightly darker than the ones in Ponyville.

As the two mares continued to talk they were approaching a strange clearing in the woods, this clearing was small, but definitely wasn't natural. The clearing was completely out of place. It didn't belong there and it didn't seem to have any purpose.

Rainbow Dash hadn't even reached the other end when there was a large mechanical snap! That came from the floor followed by Pinkie Pie's demonic scream. This surprised Rainbow Dash and knocked her down to the floor. She turned around only to see Pinkie Pie screaming at the top of her lungs. There was a bear trap that had caught her foot, its sharp teeth had dug incredibly deep into her leg and were causing massive amounts of blood to pour out from between the blades. Rainbow Dash had never seen such horrors in her entire life, and Pinkie had never been in so much pain.

Rainbow Dash looked down at Pinkie Pie's leg which was now being torn apart from the desperate squirming she was doing. Pinkie Pie cried as blood spilled out all over the rusty mechanism. Rainbow Dash came closer to the bear trap, telling Pinkie Pie to breathe. She took a good look at the bear trap and found that the device wasn't designed for breaking bone, or such. But for causing blood loss and tearing of the skin. Rainbow Dash started to cry as she felt her friends pain.

Rainbow Dash looked at Pinkie Pie who was screaming in anxiety as the teeth of the apparatus tore the tissue alongside her foot. Pinkie Pie begged Rainbow Dash to help her.

With that, Rainbow Dash placed the map between her teeth and grabbed the mechanism by its sharp blades. She tried to pull the mouth of the device open to free her beloved Pinkie Pie, but found that the trap was stuck in her leg. She pulled harder, tearing her own arms appart. More blood poured out of her leg and Rainbow Dash's arms were bleeding from attempting to open the mechanism. The horrific machine just would not release, so Rainbow Dash gathered all the strength she had and pushed the device apart. Blood poured down her hands and Pinkie Pie screamed in overwhelming pain. The device slowly opened, and there was just enough room for Pinkie to slip her leg out. Pinkie Pie pulled her leg out from the device. Rainbow Dash quickly pulled her hands out and the device snapped closed. They were both covered in each other's blood. Pinkie Pie slowly bleeding out. Pinkie was still screaming in pain and misery as more blood continued to spill out from her mutilated leg. Rainbow Dash removed the cloth from between her teeth and wrapped it around Pinkie Pie's leg. Pinkie Pie was still screaming from the pain, her body twitching madly. Rainbow pushed as much of her weight as she could down on the injury.

Pinkie Pie was crying heavily, but her screaming had stopped. She whimpered to herself, and Rainbow Dash looked at her own injuries. The teeth from the bear trap had dug in deep into her arms, she knew that the injury could be potentially fatal, but choose not to tell Pinkie Pie about it. Rainbow Dash stood up, her arms trembling, her body shaking as white hot adrenaline still coursed through her veins.

She helped Pinkie Pie to her feet, but she collapsed back onto the floor. Rainbow Dash looked around and noticed that the bear trap Pinkie had stepped in was one of five. The other four were on the other sides of the clearing. She slipped her arm underneath Pinkie's and helped her to her feet. The map was useless now, since it was covered in blood stains. They had to find their own way to Flower Shine.

Rainbow Dash carried Pinkie Pie through the woods and onto a road. She didn't care if it was the neighborhood Sam talked about. She was going to make it to Flower Shine even if it killed her. She saw a sign post up ahead, which read:

Flower Shine 1 Mile North

They were almost there. They were almost at Flower Shine.

"Hay Pinkie, look, we're almost there."

"Yippee…"

"Come on, put your, legs, into it."

"Dash, everything's so… so… spiny."

"I know, I know, just hold on a little longer."

"Hay Dash can I tell you something?"

"Sure Pinkie, anything."

"Remember when you asked me if I would ever get it on with another filly."

"Ha… Yeah Pinkie… Wasn't too bad huh."

"Well Rainbow Dash there has always been one filly, and one filly only, that I've ever wanted to. That filly… is you."

"Pinkie-"

"You're so beautiful with your rainbow colored main, your pretty purple eyes, your strong athletic body."

"Pinkie-"

"If it weren't for the Sonic Rainboom you made as a little filly I wouldn't have become me. I'd still be working on that rock farm with my family."

"Pinkie Pie!"

"Yes Dashy…?"

"I need you to work with me, come on walk, we've got a mile till we reach town."

"I can't feel my leg Dash."

"Try to walk with your other legs, Let the other one drag."

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie started walking. Slowly they made their way along the road.

After nearly an hour they arrived at another sign post that read:

Welcome to Flower Shine

They made it. They finally made it to Flower Shine. Rainbow Dash's arms had become completely numb, Pinkie Pie's left hind leg was on a limp, and the moment they came into town, they collapsed onto the floor and passed out.