"AAAAHH!" We all screamed together. Why? Well, because the zip line broke.
"IIIIIII THHOOUUGHHT Y-YOU SAAAID THIS WAS SAFE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, while we were still falling.
"S-SP-SPIKE SAID IT WAAAAAS!" Scootaloo screamed back.
"OW, AH!" We were landing on tree branches and falling off of them every time.
"GRAAB A BRRAANNCH!" I yelled at them, still falling. Yes, we were that far from the ground. We all successfully grabbed a branch on a tree, about 3 feet from the ground. Thank Celestia we did, or we would have turned into Cutie Mark Crusader pancakes.
"Scootaloo…" I started, scarred for life from falling so far, still hanging to the branch.
"Yeah?" She replied, wide eyed, breathing heavily.
"Don't listen to Spike…ever again…"
"I don't plan on it…"
I let go of the branch, falling to the ground… the sweet, sweet ground.
"I'm never leaving you, ever again!" I promised, hugging the ground.
"Um… sorry to burst your bubble, Kate, but you're a Pegasus, you have to leave the ground sometime!" Applebloom corrected me.
"Oh…yeah." I glanced at my wings.
"Well, we didn't get our cutie marks for zip lining!" Sweetie Belle interrupted, pointing at her flank.
I looked at mine, and I didn't. Well, obviously I could see why we didn't. We almost got squashed!
"Well, we'll just have to try something else!" Replied Scootaloo, determined to get her cutie mark.
"Like what?" I asked, putting my hoof on my chin trying to think of what we could do.
"I've got it!" Applebloom shouted.
"What? What is it?" Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and I asked.
"We could go… MONSTER HUNTING!"
"Monster hunting? Where would we go to do monster hunting?" Sweetie Belle asked, turning her head slightly.
"The Everfree Forest, duh." Applebloom answered.
"YEAH! CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MONSTER HUNT-!"
"No way!" I screamed, interrupting their catch phrase.
"What do you mean, 'no way?' we could get our cutie marks! We don't know til we try it!" Scootaloo said, confused why I rejected this idea.
"Are you kidding me? That's the most dangerous place in Ponyville! Maybe even Equestria!" I replied, thinking about the time I had wandered in there. I could NOT let that happen to them.
"Oh come on Kate, you'll be there to beat up anything that comes in our way!" Scootaloo motioned, moving her hoofs forward and back, as if she were boxing.
"No. I refuse to let you go in there! Not to mention, I won't be able to protect you all, and, I don't even know how to fly!"
"You don't know how to fly?" They all asked, confused.
"Long story, but anyway, I'm not going in there, and neither are you three." I protested.
"But, Kate! What if monster hunting really IS our special talent, then we'll never find out if we can't go!" Scootaloo argued. The rest nodded.
"I'm positive that monster hunting isn't your special talent. Now, let's just go walk around town and see if anything else could be our special talent." I said, turning back and walking towards the town.
It was silent. I thought they were mad or disappointed, and were just playing the quiet game with me.
"Tell you what, if we can't find our special talents today, we can go get some ice cream or something after. Does that sound good?" I asked, hoping they would reply. I mean, come on, what kid doesn't like ice cream?
I heard nothing.
I turned around, and saw that they weren't behind me!
"Girls?!" I asked, spinning in all directions, until some bright colors had caught my eye.
It was the Cutie Mark Crusaders, running into the Everfree Forest.
'You've got to be kidding me!' I thought to myself, as I started running as fast as I could toward them.
"Girls, this isn't funny! You could get hurt!" I called out to them.
"COME BACK!" I screamed, adrenaline pumping through my veins as I ran faster and faster towards the Everfree Forest.
I didn't stop running until I screeched to a halt at the front of the Everfree Forest.
I took a deep breath, and ran in once again. It was dark, and just how I remembered it from my last time here.
"Sweetie Belle! Applebloom, Scootaloo?!" I called out, stopping every few seconds to look to my sides.
"Come on, you really need to come back to Ponyville with me! This isn't funny at all!"
No sign of them.
Then, I heard screams coming from deeper into the forest, and it sounded just like the Cutie Mark Crusaders!
"I'M COMING!" I screamed as loud as my voice could go, and galloped as fast as I possibly could, to where I could see them all… surrounded by timberwolves.