Courage

Megan had been restless all day. She couldn't explain it but something was wrong. She just didn't know what it was. She couldn't eat and even got ready for bed early. No matter how much she tried she couldn't shake the feeling.

She jumped on her bed and looked at the stars through her skylight.

A knock at her door made her jump.

"Yes?"

Her mother stood in the doorway.

"Megan is something wrong? You've been quiet all day and you didn't even touch your supper."

Her mother looked worried and she didn't want to make it worse so she tried to smile.

"I'm fine. You don't need to worry."

She didn't buy it because she walked over and sat on the bed.

"You know that I'm always here if you need to talk about anything. I love you, Megan."

Her mom ran her hands through Megan's long blonde hair. Megan always loved that when she was younger.

"I know mom. I love you too."

Megan smiled and her mother kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight Megan. I'll see you in the morning."

"Night."

Megan turned her lights off and lay back down. A pink flash flew by her skylight and Megan jumped to attention.

"It couldn't be."

She went to her window and opened it. The cool night air came in making her shiver.

"Firefly? Is that you?" Megan whispered.

Firefly swooped in out of nowhere and made Megan scream.

"Firefly! Don't do that. My parents think I'm asleep."

Firefly didn't laugh like she normally would. Her expression was serious.

Megan petted her hair. "Is something wrong in Ponyland? I've had an awful feeling all day."

"It is bad Megan. Someone attacked our castle and destroyed everything. Ember is nowhere to be found and….and.."

Megan wiped Firefly's eyes. "It's ok, Firefly. Take as long as you like."

"Twilight was beaten. It is so bad that it hurts me to look at her. She won't respond to anything. I'm afraid, Megan. I'm so afraid of losing her. We don't even know if Ember is alive. We are praying for Twilight to recover so we know what happened. We need you."

Megan hugged Firefly trying to gather courage.

Who would hurt my friends for no reason?

"I'm going with you but I need to write a letter first. Have you talked to Moochick about this yet?"

"We were going to wait for you to come along."

Megan finished her letter and changed clothes.

"I'm ready."

"Hold on tight."

Firefly jumped from Megan's window and they took off for Ponyland.