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Cloud and I took off down the road. We ran so fast the forest around us became a giant green and brown blur. We only slowed when we lost track of the sound.
"I'll search high, you search low!" Cloud yelled as he took off into the sky. "Use this if you find them!" he dropped down what looked like a fat red stick, almost like a stick of dynamite with a black cap and long black string. I tucked it under my wing.
"Righty then." I said to myself while scanning the woods around me. I heard another scream coming from behind me, it sounded like Applejack. "Applejack! Where are you!" A loud crash come from where I was facing, I took off into the woods.
I ran through the trees and kept calling out for her. I came to a big clearing, I heard a crash and saw Applejack running towards me with Rainbow Dash slung over her back out cold. I ran towards them.
"Applejack! What's going on?" I practically yelled. She was out of breath. I took Rainbow Dash off of her back and put her on mine. "What happened to her?" I asked.
Applejack straightened up and looked me dead in the eyes and said one word "Manticore" She looked across the clearing "We aren't safe here, we need to move." And she started walking.
"Hold up a second, what's a manticore?" I asked her. "Iffin we don't get out of here right quick, you might just find out." I'll take her on her word. "Oh yeah, Cloud gave me this to use when I found you guys." I showed her the red stick thing. "Where did he get one of these?" AJ asked.
"Not sure, he just said use it." I replied. "Alright" she said back, "But get ready to move." She pulled the black string and aimed it up at the sky. It was like a fireworks display over Coney. The entire sky lit up with red sparks and fire. "If that doesn't get everypony's attention I don't know what will." Apple said while she moved across the field.
By the time we got to the other side Cloud had reached us. When he saw Dash across my back he panicked. "What the hell happened to her?"
"Manticore." I replied. He face grew pale. "Is it still around here?" Cloud said scanning the area.
"Probably is, and he's gonna be coming back with all that racket we just made with your fire stick." Cloud just shrugged, "let's get out of here" He said while taking Dash from me.
We all headed out of the clearing and started walking through the woods when I heard that crash again. This time it was just behind us. "Uhm guys?" I said loudly.
"What is it Spark? We're a little busy here." Cloud said while trying to keep Dash on his back.
"Guys!" I yell
"What?" they both yell back and turn to look at me.
"Run"
The Manticore, I assume that was it, caught up to us and was right on our tails. Applejack grabbed my hoof and pulled me in her direction, soon we were on the open road. We continued running, I looked back and didn't see anything chasing us so we slowed down.
"Guys, I need to get Dash out of here, she looks bad." Cloud said. I looked at her and saw some bright blood coming from the side of her head and from her side below her wing.
"Yeah man, get her out of here, I'll get Applejack and I somewhere safe." I told him.
"This is gonna be tough." Cloud said while setting Dash on the ground and then picking her up in his front hooves and slowly flying off. When he was just out of sight AJ and I began heading in the direction of where we thought town was. It wasn't going to be that easy. The manticore burst onto the road in front of us. Applejack quickly turned and ran, I was a deer in the headlights/
The manticore easily stood seven feet tall and looked like a lion, well sort of. It also had the wings of a bat and a scorpion's tail. And I thought the magic talking ponies was weird. We just sort of stared at each other. It just didn't seem real.
"Stop staring at him and RUN!" Applejack yelled
She didn't have to tell me twice, I took off. But can you really blame me for staring?
I don't think I've ever run so fast in my life, but looking back at my life, I haven't really done much running. In fact, I don't ever remember running before I came here. As I looked over my shoulder the manticore was catching up…and fast. I looked down the trail and hoped for something to slow it down with. Nothing. I saw Applejack running down the road in front of me. Even in our present situation, she had a certain seductive grace as she ran. She really is a beautiful po-
"Hey Spark!" I heard someone yell from above, I looked up to see Cloud carrying Dash right above us. Dash was awake. "You can fly remember?" She yelled.
"Oh yeah…" I mumbled as I was still running, "Hey I knew that!" I yelled back up at her.
She just rolled her eyes, "Sure you did!"
I quickly stretched out my wings and started flapping, slowly but surely I started picking up some speed and rising off the ground. I flew over Applejack, hooked my front hooves under her shoulders, and took off.
We were soon in the sky and ascending rapidly, I hovered next to Cloud and Dash.
"Fancy seeing you two up here." I said with a smirk. Dash leaned over and punched me
"Shut up…" she did not look happy.
I heard a roar and looked down to see the manticore spread its wings and slowly make its way towards us.
"Shit!" I blurted out. I had to think of something and quick. There was a nearby cloud so we went there. We all touched down and I threw AJ over Cloud's back.
"Hay! What in tarnation do ya'll think yer doin!" AJ asked rather angrily
"Yeah Spark, what are we doing?" Cloud asked.
"You." I gestured to all of them "Are staying here where you're hidden. "I" I reached back and pulled another firestick out of Cloud's saddlebag "Am going to deal with a certain flying lion." I dove down through the cloud before anyone could say anything.
The manticore was still rising toward me, but had gained some speed. I headed straight for him and aimed the firestick at its gaping roaring mouth. I was close enough for a big enough bang and so I pulled the black string but no bang.
I looked in my hoof to see that the string had just come out in my hoof and hadn't set the firestick off. "Great" I said under my breath. The manticore was just feet from me and slashed at me and hit it's mark and slashed a decent gash in my side. When I recovered from the attack the manticore was heading to finish me off. "Not today" I told myself
When it lunged with its claw I dipped and dodged until it went for a bite. I stuck the firestick out and the manticore bit it in half. I broke it off and watched as the stick ignited and the manticore burst into flames and dropped like a rock into the forest below. As I saw it fall I looked at the other half of the firestick in my hand and it suddenly exploded, sending me straight down, I saw Applejack and Dash yelling something at me while I fell. I'm not sure what happened next. I just felt really comfortable in the state of free fall. Everything just grew black and thought to myself. "This is it…I'm done."
"SPARK!" I heard a female voice yell
When I opened my eyes the sky was black, but there were lights everywhere. The ground below me was hard and rough, I smelt salt in the air and people clamoring and yelling. I looked around to see a crowd of people around me. Wait…people? I was back in Coney…I…was back in New York?
I saw a small girl in a thick jacket walk up and kneel next to me. She took my hand and started to whisper something.
"Spark…please wake up…." She sounded like Applejack
"You have to wake up…I never told you how that I loved you…" she said
I just squeezed her hand in mine and started to close my eyes. The last thing I saw was two guys in blue uniforms pushing through the crowd with another guy who was carrying a big red bag.
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