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CUiE Ch.6: Holding Out For a Hero

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>Fluttershy’s cottage was a scene of chaos as the p0ny children ran amok
>You were still trying to absorb this turn of events and stood dumbly in the center of the room
>This situation needed to be calmed and quickly
>Shaking your head slightly you try and get the young p0ny children’s attention
“Excuse me, young ladies.”
>Nothing. They’re still getting into everything
>You try and be a bit more forceful this time
“Children, please.”
>You might as well not even be here with the amount of impact you’ve had so
>That’s it
“Girls!”
>You shout as loud as possible, your voice echoing in your helmet and ringing in your ears
>The trio of troublemakers immediately freezes in place and stares wide-eyed at you
>Well, at least they stopped running around
“Thank you.”
>You then clear your throat
“Now, please, if you would come front and center.”
>The three do so and sit in front of you quietly
“Let’s start with names. I am Anonymous. Now you.”
>You point to the one on your left, a p0ny with a large pinkish bow in her red mane
“Me? Mah name’s Applebloom. Applejack’s mah sister. Nice ta meet’cha.”
>Applejack was her sister? Made sense. They had the same accent and same naming-theme
>You moved on and pointed to the p0ny seated next to Applebloom. An off-white unicorn with a light purple tinted mane with a streak of soft pink running through it
“Well my name is Sweetie Belle. Rarity’s my older sister. Pleased to meet you.”
>Rarity? Not familiar with that particular talking horse.
>You nod in acknowledgement and end with the last p0ny child. An orange-colored Pegasus, roughly the same shade of Applejack if you had to guess. Her mane was a fuchsia and slightly unkempt
>And you were sensing a pattern here with the way things were going
> Rainbow Dash must be her elder sibling
“Name’s Scootaloo, dude. Hiya.”
>That’s it?
“Wait, Lady Rainbow Dash -isn’t- your sister?”
>You ask, honestly a little surprised there was no relation
>Scootaloo gets a wistful look on her young face but just for a moment before smiling brightly
“Nah, RD isn’t my sister. It would be so awesome if she was! But, nah, I’m just her number one fan.”
>You’re glad that didn’t turn into an episode
>So now what?
>You didn’t particularly care for children
>And you weren’t much for entertaining
>Add those two together and, indeed, you were at a lost for what to do now
>You think of an activity from your own childhood you enjoyed
>It’s hard to remember that far back…
>And not much is coming to mind
>Except, well, you do recall liking stories of all sorts
>P0ny children would like stories, right?
>But what to tell them?
>You couldn’t remember any of the fables from your past
>Although… You had just -lived- through quite a story of your own
>Yes, that should suffice
>A tale of your ordeals and tribulations in Lordran
>A grand adventure
>So you began your story, being careful to…omit certain colorful aspects of the tale
>Something’s just weren’t for young ears
>The three young girls seemed to be enjoying it, paying close attention to every word
>And so the story went on
>Your escape from the Undead Asylum, your quest to ring the bells, the meeting with the Kingseeker and his reveal that you were the Chosen Undead, your perilous trek through the dreaded Blight Town, the epic fight between Dragonslayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough, battling through the damned souls of New Londo, of the loyalty and vigilance of the Great Grey Wolf Sif, and finally to the fated confrontation with Gywn; Lord of Cinder himself
> The girls were enthralled
>Your story came to an end after a few hours with the young girls seeming quite pleased with it
“That story was the coolest I’ve ever heard!”
>Scootaloo excitedly gushed
>Applebloom vigorously shook her head in agreement
“Ah thought Ah’d die when he was telling’ that bit about that there Blight Town!”
“I especially liked his meeting with that Great Grey Wolf, Sif.”
>Sweetie Belle added to the conversation
“Well, I am pleased you three enjoyed the tale.”
>You say humbly
“Oh we definitely did, Anon!”
>Scootaloo beamed at you and looked over to her friends
“-Right-, girls?”
>The young unicorn and whatever kind Applebloom was, nodded happily
“Hey, Anon, can we go an’ play outside now?”
>Applebloom asked sweetly
“I…suppose that would be fine. Just stay close to the cottage.”
>What harm could they possibly get in?
>Happy with your answer the girls scurried off outside to play leaving you to find another chore or activity to occupy yourself with
>Though when they shut the door behind them you could have sworn you heard the three cry out in unison
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, CHOSEN UNDEAD! YAAAAY!”
Scootaloo’s perspective
>You are Scootaloo and you just heard the greatest story of your young filly life.
>Anonymous was the coolest thing since, well, EVER!
>Well, maybe. He was just as cool as Rainbow Dash anyways.
>And thanks to his awesome story you were struck with inspur…insperay…and idea!
>CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, CHOSEN UNDEAD
>Whatever an Undead was, you weren’t really sure though. But no big deal.
>Didn’t really know what it meant to be chosen either…
“How can we all be Chosen Undead? Ain’t bein’ chosen means yer the only one?”
>Applebloom spoke up and was thinking the same thing it seemed.
“Details, details!”
>You wave off AB’s questioning. You don’t worry about those little matters, RD didn’t worry about that stuff did she? Nope.
“But just HOW are we going to get our cuties marks being Chosen Undead?”
>Sweetie Belle was such a worrywart.
“You heard all those things Anon did in his story. We can definitely do some of those!”
>You’re very impassioned over this particular cutie mark plan.
“Ah don’t think ringin’ a bell will get us a thing.”
>Applebloom was right about that. Probably. The bells Anon talked about sounded real important. There weren’t any kind of bells like that in Ponyville.
>But you start to get an idea. An awesome idea.
“Ooh… I know! We’ll slay a dragon!”
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom had their jaws to the ground
“Ya wanna what a what?!”
>Applebloom was looking at you like you were crazy.
“I just heard dragon. I don’t even know what slay means.”
>Sweetie Belle was trying to figure out your choice of words with a hoof to her chin.
“It means ta…kill, Ah think.”
>AB explained. You were glad for that. You didn’t know what slay meant either so trying to explain it to Sweetie would have been a pain.
“Ohhh.”
>The unicorn was quiet for a minute before sudden realization hit her.
“Wait, what?! Kill a dragon?!”
>You have the biggest grin on your filly face.
“How hard can it be? We’ll just…find a little dragon, that’s all.”
>This plan is perfect! Cutie marks here you come!
>But…where to find a dragon? There was one up in the mountains but RD and the others chased him off.
>That only left…
>The Everfree Forest.
“Where we even gonna find a dragon, anyways?”
>Applebloom probably wasn’t going to be happy with answer you’ve thought up.
“The Everfee Forest, duh.”
>Your friends actually stop in their tracks when they hear that name.
“The forest? But…we always get inta trouble every time we go there.”
“Applebloom is right. That place is just trouble for us.”
>Well, they had a point. You guess, but come on! Cutie marks!
“So you guys -don’t- want your cutie marks?”
>AB and SB start to give the ground a stare. They were obviously thinking this through.
“Ya really sure we can *gulp* kill a dragon? Even a lil’ one?”
>Applebloom was onboard. And asked a good question, too.
“You bet we can! We’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders! We’ll get our cutie marks no matter what!”
>Rainbow Dash would be so proud to see this determination. You just knew it.
>Sweetie Belle was still pondering. She -was- the more thoughtful of either of you and AB.
“Just -how- do we…do this? Ki--Slay, a dragon?”
>Score! SB was down on the plan.
“How? We’ll, uh… Oh, I know! We’ll make weapons! Just like Anon’s thingy!”
“Uh, thingy?”
>Applebloom cocked an eyebrow trying to figure out what you meant.
“You know! That thingy of his. Dangling on his hip. That! The thingy!”
>Just what was that thing called?
“You mean a sword?”
>Thank Celestia for Sweetie Belle.
“Yeah, yeah, that’s it! A swordy-thing! We’ll make swords like Anon’s! Outta wood or something. You can make stuff pretty well, Applebloom.”
>AB made your clubhouse after all. She could make swordy-things, no problem!
“Uh, yeah, Ah could make some swords, Ah think.”
>This was gonna be so awesome!
“Let’s get back to the clubhouse then and get ready!”
>Gotta keep up the momentum.
“But what about Anon? We said we’d stay close by.”
>Gah, Sweetie! Stop being a worrywart!
“He’ll never know we’re gone. We’ll go into the forest, slay a dragon, get our cutie marks, and be back before Applejack comes to pick us up.”
>You’re proud of yourself. You’re really putting some effort into this plan. Go, Scootaloo!
>The unicorn and earth pony finally appear to be at ease.
>TO THE CLUBHOUSE
>Using your scooter you zip back to the clubhouse like greased lightning and Applebloom gets to work making some swordy-things. You couldn’t wait.
>A few minutes pass before AB is done with the weapons; simple wooden swords bound together with some twine.
>Applebloom pass out three of them. You eagerly grab yours in your mouth and cheer excitedly.
“DRAGONSLAYERS, YAAAY!”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
>Sweetie Belle puts her sword down and trots over to a chest in the corner.
“If we’re going to be Chosen Undead dragonslayers we should look the part.”
>She fishes out the classic CMC capes. That dragon will never know what hit him!
>The three of you throw on your capes and do your best to mimic Anonymous by having the swords hanging from your sides.
>With a fantastic flourish you, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle burst forth from the clubhouse and hold your swords to the sky.
“For our cutie marks!”
>All of you yell in unison. It was a tad muffled with the swords and all, but hey, the point got across.
>THE POINT BEING THE CMC WERE GOING TO TAKE THE EVERFREE FOREST BY STORM
>And so the fearless Crusaders trekked towards their destination; the gloomy and gray woods known as Everfree.
>And once in the thick of the forest a thought comes to your young filly mind.
>You had forgotten the Everfree Forest was this…scary.
>Like, really scary. Knee-knocking, teeth-chattering scary.
>Maybe this -wasn’t- such a bright idea… No! Anonymous and Rainbow Dash wouldn’t be scared of a buncha trees and shadows!
>You steele yourself as best you can. Not as easy as you thought. The trees looked like they were… smiling at you.
>Gulp.
>Just think brave thoughts, Scootaloo.
“Do ya have an idea where-a dragon might be, Scootaloo?”
>You honestly didn’t. But no reason to let Applebloom in on that piece of info. Just think fast.
“Uh… Caves! Dragon’s live in caves, right? We just need to find a cave and we’ll find a dragon!”
>Perfectly sound logic.
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom agreed with your plan with a nod and fell in behind you as you three got deeper into Everfree Forest.
>This was going well so far. Asides from the smiling trees and…other noises.
>This would be the day all of you get your cutie marks!
>And Rainbow Dash and Anonymous would be so proud!
>You didn’t know Anonymous that well, but you just knew he’d be happy for you and your idea to be dragonslayers! After all, his story is the whole reason you’re doing this!
>Finding a cave in a forest was harder than it sounded.
>You, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle had wandered the Everfree Forest for what felt like hours.
>Chances are it was only like, a half-hour.
>BUT STILL
>You were starting to get a little disheartened. If you couldn’t find a dragon this whole plan was just pointless!
“Hey, I think I see something! Over there!”
>You immediately perked up when Sweetie yelled and pointed to something off to the right.
>It looked like… It was! A cave, just there past the trees and undergrowth!
>You did your best not to squeal.
>But this was it! Cutie marks and…and maybe recognition from Rainbow Dash and Anon.
>No time to waste!
“Come on girls! Let’s go get us a dragon!”
>You exclaim giddily and race off towards the ultimate goal of this whole trip.
>Once inside the cave an overpowering smell made you scrunch up your nose. It was a mix of mildew, mold and…smoke.
>You gulped hard and pressed on with your friends in tow.
>As your group got deeper into the cavern a dim goldish-orange glow started to become more apparent.
>And as you rounded a slimy-moss covered corner you saw what was causing it.
>Bits. Mountains of bits and gemstones and other treasures.
>And sleeping soundly in the pile of riches was the biggest dragon you’ve ever seen.
>“That ain’t no lil’ dragon, Scootaloo!” Applebloom whispered.
>More a barely contained shout than a whisper.
>You can feel the sweat beading up on your forehead.
>The…plan had taken a serious turn. And towards a very bad direction at that.
>“W-Well, we-we’ll just leave and try and find a-another one. A much smaller one…”
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom wordlessly agreed with a shake of their heads.
>Good. Now, nice and easy just walk backwards out of the cave and--
>Oh no.
>OH NO
>The smoke was irritating your nose and…
>AH-CHOO
>The tiny little sneeze echoed in treasure-filled chamber and time came to a stop.
>Applebloom was slack-jawed.
>Sweetie Belle was on the verge of tears.
>And you? You were wishing you were somewhere else. Somewhere far, far away…
>Time rushed back into the scene and the dragon cracked an eye open.
>It didn’t look pleased to see the three of you standing there. It looked more like it was infuriated and getting ready to--
>FIRE SO MUCH FIRE
>Squealing and crying, you and fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders run as fast as possible out of the rapidly warming cave and the incredibly angry dragon.
>You hoped it wouldn’t follow after you.
>The sound and feel of rumbling coming from behind you quickly put an end to that hope.
>Nearly tumbling out of the cave mouth you and your friends make a bee-line back to Fluttershy’s cabin.
>But with that dragon right behind the lot of you, you get confused…
>The woods don’t look as familiar as they used too.
>You take a wrong turn and find nothing but a sheer cliff face in front of you.
>And breaking through the tree line behind you…
>The dragon.
>The gigantic, yellow-scaled, smoke-heaving, eyes-filled-with-hatred dragon.
>It stomped out of the woods and towered over the three of you, its shadow washing over you.
>This was it.
>This is how you were going to die.
>Eaten by a dragon.
>And nobody…nobody would ever know.
>Sweetie Belle was crying behind you.
>Applebloom was in a ball and shaking uncontrollably beside you.
>…No.
>No, it can’t end like this.
>You…You had to be brave.
>You had to be a big filly.
>You had to be Rainbow Dash.
>You had to be Anonymous.
>You had to be the one to get your friends out of this when you were the one who got them into it.
>“G-girls. I’ll dis-distract the d-dragon. Y-You go get help! Go get Anonymous!”
>Without waiting for a response you rush towards the dragon with a feeble cry.
>Sweetie Belle sniffles and looks at Applebloom who just stares back.
>She whimpers before she scampers off with SB close behind.
>You quickly look back at your retreating friends. Good. They were safe. That’s what matters most right now.
>You hoped they were quick in getting some help.
>That’s when you notice the monstrous shadow growing beneath you.

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>Fluttershy’s cottage was a scene of chaos as the p0ny children ran amok
>You were still trying to absorb this turn of events and stood dumbly in the center of the room
>This situation needed to be calmed and quickly
>Shaking your head slightly you try and get the young p0ny children’s attention
“Excuse me, young ladies.”
>Nothing. They’re still getting into everything
>You try and be a bit more forceful this time
“Children, please.”
>You might as well not even be here with the amount of impact you’ve had so
>That’s it
“Girls!”
>You shout as loud as possible, your voice echoing in your helmet and ringing in your ears
>The trio of troublemakers immediately freezes in place and stares wide-eyed at you
>Well, at least they stopped running around
“Thank you.”
>You then clear your throat
“Now, please, if you would come front and center.”
>The three do so and sit in front of you quietly

“Let’s start with names. I am Anonymous. Now you.”
>You point to the one on your left, a p0ny with a large pinkish bow in her red mane
“Me? Mah name’s Applebloom. Applejack’s mah sister. Nice ta meet’cha.”
>Applejack was her sister? Made sense. They had the same accent and same naming-theme
>You moved on and pointed to the p0ny seated next to Applebloom. An off-white unicorn with a light purple tinted mane with a streak of soft pink running through it
“Well my name is Sweetie Belle. Rarity’s my older sister. Pleased to meet you.”
>Rarity? Not familiar with that particular talking horse.
>You nod in acknowledgement and end with the last p0ny child. An orange-colored Pegasus, roughly the same shade of Applejack if you had to guess. Her mane was a fuchsia and slightly unkempt
>And you were sensing a pattern here with the way things were going
> Rainbow Dash must be her elder sibling
“Name’s Scootaloo, dude. Hiya.”
>That’s it?
“Wait, Lady Rainbow Dash -isn’t- your sister?”
>You ask, honestly a little surprised there was no relation
>Scootaloo gets a wistful look on her young face but just for a moment before smiling brightly
“Nah, RD isn’t my sister. It would be so awesome if she was! But, nah, I’m just her number one fan.”
>You’re glad that didn’t turn into an episode 

>So now what?
>You didn’t particularly care for children
>And you weren’t much for entertaining
>Add those two together and, indeed, you were at a lost for what to do now
>You think of an activity from your own childhood you enjoyed
>It’s hard to remember that far back…
>And not much is coming to mind
>Except, well, you do recall liking stories of all sorts
>P0ny children would like stories, right?
>But what to tell them?
>You couldn’t remember any of the fables from your past
>Although… You had just -lived- through quite a story of your own
>Yes, that should suffice
>A tale of your ordeals and tribulations in Lordran
>A grand adventure
>So you began your story, being careful to…omit certain colorful aspects of the tale
>Something’s just weren’t for young ears
>The three young girls seemed to be enjoying it, paying close attention to every word

>And so the story went on
>Your escape from the Undead Asylum, your quest to ring the bells, the meeting with the Kingseeker and his reveal that you were the Chosen Undead, your perilous trek through the dreaded Blight Town, the epic fight between Dragonslayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough, battling through the damned souls of New Londo, of the loyalty and vigilance of the Great Grey Wolf Sif, and finally to the fated confrontation with Gywn; Lord of Cinder himself
> The girls were enthralled
>Your story came to an end after a few hours with the young girls seeming quite pleased with it
“That story was the coolest I’ve ever heard!”
>Scootaloo excitedly gushed
>Applebloom vigorously shook her head in agreement
“Ah thought Ah’d die when he was telling’ that bit about that there Blight Town!”
“I especially liked his meeting with that Great Grey Wolf, Sif.”
>Sweetie Belle added to the conversation
“Well, I am pleased you three enjoyed the tale.”
>You say humbly
“Oh we definitely did, Anon!”
>Scootaloo beamed at you and looked over to her friends
“-Right-, girls?”
>The young unicorn and whatever kind Applebloom was, nodded happily
“Hey, Anon, can we go an’ play outside now?”
>Applebloom asked sweetly
“I…suppose that would be fine. Just stay close to the cottage.”
>What harm could they possibly get in?
>Happy with your answer the girls scurried off outside to play leaving you to find another chore or activity to occupy yourself with
>Though when they shut the door behind them you could have sworn you heard the three cry out in unison
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, CHOSEN UNDEAD! YAAAAY!” 

Scootaloo’s perspective

>You are Scootaloo and you just heard the greatest story of your young filly life.
>Anonymous was the coolest thing since, well, EVER!
>Well, maybe. He was just as cool as Rainbow Dash anyways.
>And thanks to his awesome story you were struck with inspur…insperay…and idea!
>CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, CHOSEN UNDEAD
>Whatever an Undead was, you weren’t really sure though. But no big deal.
>Didn’t really know what it meant to be chosen either…
“How can we all be Chosen Undead? Ain’t bein’ chosen means yer the only one?”
>Applebloom spoke up and was thinking the same thing it seemed.
“Details, details!”
>You wave off AB’s questioning. You don’t worry about those little matters, RD didn’t worry about that stuff did she? Nope.
“But just HOW are we going to get our cuties marks being Chosen Undead?”
>Sweetie Belle was such a worrywart.
“You heard all those things Anon did in his story. We can definitely do some of those!”
>You’re very impassioned over this particular cutie mark plan.
“Ah don’t think ringin’ a bell will get us a thing.”
>Applebloom was right about that. Probably. The bells Anon talked about sounded real important. There weren’t any kind of bells like that in Ponyville.
>But you start to get an idea. An awesome idea.
“Ooh… I know! We’ll slay a dragon!”
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom had their jaws to the ground
“Ya wanna what a what?!”
>Applebloom was looking at you like you were crazy.
“I just heard dragon. I don’t even know what slay means.”
>Sweetie Belle was trying to figure out your choice of words with a hoof to her chin.
“It means ta…kill, Ah think.”
>AB explained. You were glad for that. You didn’t know what slay meant either so trying to explain it to Sweetie would have been a pain.
“Ohhh.”
>The unicorn was quiet for a minute before sudden realization hit her.
“Wait, what?! Kill a dragon?!”


>You have the biggest grin on your filly face.
“How hard can it be? We’ll just…find a little dragon, that’s all.”
>This plan is perfect! Cutie marks here you come!
>But…where to find a dragon? There was one up in the mountains but RD and the others chased him off.
>That only left…
>The Everfree Forest.
“Where we even gonna find a dragon, anyways?”
>Applebloom probably wasn’t going to be happy with answer you’ve thought up.
“The Everfee Forest, duh.”
>Your friends actually stop in their tracks when they hear that name.
“The forest? But…we always get inta trouble every time we go there.”
“Applebloom is right. That place is just trouble for us.”
>Well, they had a point. You guess, but come on! Cutie marks!
“So you guys -don’t- want your cutie marks?”
>AB and SB start to give the ground a stare. They were obviously thinking this through.
“Ya really sure we can *gulp* kill a dragon? Even a lil’ one?”
>Applebloom was onboard. And asked a good question, too.
“You bet we can! We’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders! We’ll get our cutie marks no matter what!”
>Rainbow Dash would be so proud to see this determination. You just knew it.
>Sweetie Belle was still pondering. She -was- the more thoughtful of either of you and AB.
“Just -how- do we…do this?  Ki--Slay, a dragon?”
>Score! SB was down on the plan.
“How? We’ll, uh… Oh, I know! We’ll make weapons! Just like Anon’s thingy!”
“Uh, thingy?”
>Applebloom cocked an eyebrow trying to figure out what you meant.
“You know! That thingy of his. Dangling on his hip. That! The thingy!”
>Just what was that thing called?
“You mean a sword?”
>Thank Celestia for Sweetie Belle.
“Yeah, yeah, that’s it! A swordy-thing! We’ll make swords like Anon’s! Outta wood or something. You can make stuff pretty well, Applebloom.”

>AB made your clubhouse after all. She could make swordy-things, no problem!
“Uh, yeah, Ah could make some swords, Ah think.”
>This was gonna be so awesome!
“Let’s get back to the clubhouse then and get ready!”
>Gotta keep up the momentum.
“But what about Anon? We said we’d stay close by.”
>Gah, Sweetie! Stop being a worrywart!
“He’ll never know we’re gone. We’ll go into the forest, slay a dragon, get our cutie marks, and be back before Applejack comes to pick us up.”
>You’re proud of yourself. You’re really putting some effort into this plan. Go, Scootaloo!
>The unicorn and earth pony finally appear to be at ease.
>TO THE CLUBHOUSE
>Using your scooter you zip back to the clubhouse like greased lightning and Applebloom gets to work making some swordy-things. You couldn’t wait.
>A few minutes pass before AB is done with the weapons; simple wooden swords bound together with some twine.
>Applebloom pass out three of them. You eagerly grab yours in your mouth and cheer excitedly.
“DRAGONSLAYERS, YAAAY!”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
>Sweetie Belle puts her sword down and trots over to a chest in the corner.
“If we’re going to be Chosen Undead dragonslayers we should look the part.”
>She fishes out the classic CMC capes. That dragon will never know what hit him!
>The three of you throw on your capes and do your best to mimic Anonymous by having the swords hanging from your sides.
>With a fantastic flourish you, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle burst forth from the clubhouse and hold your swords to the sky.
“For our cutie marks!”
>All of you yell in unison. It was a tad muffled with the swords and all, but hey, the point got across.
>THE POINT BEING THE CMC WERE GOING TO TAKE THE EVERFREE FOREST BY STORM


>And so the fearless Crusaders trekked towards their destination; the gloomy and gray woods known as Everfree.
>And once in the thick of the forest a thought comes to your young filly mind.
>You had forgotten the Everfree Forest was this…scary.
>Like, really scary. Knee-knocking, teeth-chattering scary. 
>Maybe this -wasn’t- such a bright idea… No! Anonymous and Rainbow Dash wouldn’t be scared of a buncha trees and shadows!
>You steele yourself as best you can. Not as easy as you thought. The trees looked like they were… smiling at you.
>Gulp.
>Just think brave thoughts, Scootaloo.
“Do ya have an idea where-a dragon might be, Scootaloo?”
>You honestly didn’t. But no reason to let Applebloom in on that piece of info. Just think fast.
“Uh… Caves! Dragon’s live in caves, right? We just need to find a cave and we’ll find a dragon!”
>Perfectly sound logic.
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom agreed with your plan with a nod and fell in behind you as you three got deeper into Everfree Forest.
>This was going well so far. Asides from the smiling trees and…other noises.
>This would be the day all of you get your cutie marks!
>And Rainbow Dash and Anonymous would be so proud!
>You didn’t know Anonymous that well, but you just knew he’d be happy for you and your idea to be dragonslayers! After all, his story is the whole reason you’re doing this!


>Finding a cave in a forest was harder than it sounded.
>You, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle had wandered the Everfree Forest for what felt like hours.
>Chances are it was only like, a half-hour.
>BUT STILL
>You were starting to get a little disheartened. If you couldn’t find a dragon this whole plan was just pointless!
“Hey, I think I see something! Over there!”
>You immediately perked up when Sweetie yelled and pointed to something off to the right.
>It looked like… It was! A cave, just there past the trees and undergrowth!
>You did your best not to squeal.
>But this was it! Cutie marks and…and maybe recognition from Rainbow Dash and Anon.
>No time to waste!
“Come on girls! Let’s go get us a dragon!”
>You exclaim giddily and race off towards the ultimate goal of this whole trip.
>Once inside the cave an overpowering smell made you scrunch up your nose. It was a mix of mildew, mold and…smoke.
>You gulped hard and pressed on with your friends in tow.
>As your group got deeper into the cavern a dim goldish-orange glow started to become more apparent. 
>And as you rounded a slimy-moss covered corner you saw what was causing it.
>Bits. Mountains of bits and gemstones and other treasures.
>And sleeping soundly in the pile of riches was the biggest dragon you’ve ever seen.

>“That ain’t no lil’ dragon, Scootaloo!” Applebloom whispered.
>More a barely contained shout than a whisper.
>You can feel the sweat beading up on your forehead.
>The…plan had taken a serious turn. And towards a very bad direction at that.
>“W-Well, we-we’ll just leave and try and find a-another one. A much smaller one…”
>Sweetie Belle and Applebloom wordlessly agreed with a shake of their heads.
>Good. Now, nice and easy just walk backwards out of the cave and--
>Oh no.
>OH NO
>The smoke was irritating your nose and…
>AH-CHOO
>The tiny little sneeze echoed in treasure-filled chamber and time came to a stop.
>Applebloom was slack-jawed.
>Sweetie Belle was on the verge of tears.
>And you? You were wishing you were somewhere else. Somewhere far, far away…
>Time rushed back into the scene and the dragon cracked an eye open.
>It didn’t look pleased to see the three of you standing there. It looked more like it was infuriated and getting ready to--
>FIRE SO MUCH FIRE
>Squealing and crying, you and fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders run as fast as possible out of the rapidly warming cave and the incredibly angry dragon.
>You hoped it wouldn’t follow after you.
>The sound and feel of rumbling coming from behind you quickly put an end to that hope.


>Nearly tumbling out of the cave mouth you and your friends make a bee-line back to Fluttershy’s cabin.
>But with that dragon right behind the lot of you, you get confused…
>The woods don’t look as familiar as they used too.
>You take a wrong turn and find nothing but a sheer cliff face in front of you.
>And breaking through the tree line behind you…
>The dragon.
>The gigantic, yellow-scaled, smoke-heaving, eyes-filled-with-hatred dragon.
>It stomped out of the woods and towered over the three of you, its shadow washing over you.
>This was it.
>This is how you were going to die.
>Eaten by a dragon.
>And nobody…nobody would ever know.
>Sweetie Belle was crying behind you.
>Applebloom was in a ball and shaking uncontrollably beside you.
>…No.
>No, it can’t end like this.
>You…You had to be brave. 
>You had to be a big filly.
>You had to be Rainbow Dash.
>You had to be Anonymous.
>You had to be the one to get your friends out of this when you were the one who got them into it.
>“G-girls. I’ll dis-distract the d-dragon. Y-You go get help! Go get Anonymous!”
>Without waiting for a response you rush towards the dragon with a feeble cry.
>Sweetie Belle sniffles and looks at Applebloom who just stares back.
>She whimpers before she scampers off with SB close behind.
>You quickly look back at your retreating friends. Good. They were safe. That’s what matters most right now.
>You hoped they were quick in getting some help.
>That’s when you notice the monstrous shadow growing beneath you.

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