Circus Days Part 4

I DO NOT OWN MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC. IT'S THE PROPERTY OF LAUREN FAUST, AND HASBRO. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED TO THEM.

Twilight and her friends made their way through the seemingly endless crowd of ponies to grab some seats. They somehow managed to get front row seats that was in the middle of the performance ring. Each one of the ponies had something with them from their time on the circus grounds. Pinkie Pie had a tower of cotton candy on a stick that was as tall as her, and she was covered in its sticky goo that nearly blended into her coat. Applejack and Rainbow Dash each had two huge stuffed bears, a huge ten gallon cowboy hat with an arrow through it on them, and a small stuffed dragon. Fluttershy had bought a hat with a lion that was smiling on it. Rarity had a small silver medal on her that read CHAMPION OF MAGIC - RUNNER-UP. Twilight had a small gold medal that read CHAMPION OF MAGIC.

"Ah see y'all had yer fun as well."  Applejack said to her friends. "Ah was gonna win against Rainbow if it wasn't fer that darn announcer ruinin' mah chance."

"What?! I was about to clean your clock in that last game!"  Rainbow shot back. "You just got lucky in the nick of time." Applejack just gave a small smirk and elbowed Rainbow, and Rainbow elbowed her back.  

"Oh, you girls should have been with me!"  Shouted Pinkie in her usual upbeat manner. "You all missed the greatest most sweetest cotton candy ever! It was the sweetest sugary treat ever! Well except for Mr. and Mrs. Cake's seven layer strawberry and chocolate cake. I mean really there's nothing sweeter than that!"

Pinkie's friends smiled and then Fluttershy spoke up a little louder than her usual soft voice, "Well I had such a wonderful time. I saw some chimps do tricks like juggling a few pins around, and then heard some birds sing the Anthem of Equestria. I bought this hat over at the gift shop they had. That lion looks so cute."

"Well, Twilight and I were competing in a battle of wills, per say."  Rarity said. "We competed against 20 other unicorns from not only in Ponyville, but some from Canterlot as well to become the Champion of Magic. All we had to do was levitate as many items as possible, transform various items into other items such as a stick to a quill, hatch a bird egg, and be able to create an energy beam between each other and see who could hold out the longest. It was simplistic enough to take care of the other unicorns, but when I came face to face with Twilight it was a complete stalemate."

"We each levitated fifty items, we were perfect in transforming items, we were both able to hatch our eggs, and we were in a dead heat over the energy beam battle. It went on for twenty minutes before I started feeling woozy and collapsed from exhaustion. While I am sad that I wasn't victorious, I congratulated Twilight on winning."  Rarity and the others clapped with their fore hooves and congratulated Twilight for her victory.

Twilight couldn't help but smile a little. "Well it wasn't easy."  Said the lilac unicorn. "I was taught by Princess Celestia to conserve my magic in case of a dire emergency. If Rarity held on for a few more minutes, I would've collapsed and she would've won."

Rarity smiled at her friend. "Thank you Twilight you are very courteous."

"So did y'all win anythin' aside from those shiny medals?"  Asked Applejack.

Twilight nodded and pulled out seven white passes with a circus tent that looked like the one on the circus' flyer. "Well, I actually won us seven passes to meet the performers after the show. They said that the ringmaster saw us and decided to give me plenty of extras for my friends."  Twilight's friends cheered upon hearing this.

"Hey there are only six of us here."  Pinkie said. "Who's getting the seventh pass?"

The other ponies looked upon each other looking puzzled and shrugged. Just then the lights dimmed and a pegasus at the top of the tent uncovered a canister that had fireflies in it and was sealed in by glass, and it shined in the middle of the big top floor. Twilight and the others then saw a forest green earth pony stallion with a black tuxedo standing near a megaphone in the spotlight.

"FILLIES AND GENTLECOLTS!"  The stallion said in a loud booming voice. "FOALS OF ALL AGES! WELCOME TO MARIK'S MARVELOUS CIRCUS OF WONDERS!" The crowd cheered and applauded wildly for minute before it got quite again. "TODAY, WE NOT ONLY PUT ON A SPECTACULAR SHOW FOR EVERY PONY OUT THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SURPRISE GUEST WITH US WHO WILL PERFORM WITH US!"

The crowd gasped at this, and murmured amongst each other wondering who it was.

The ringmaster waited for the crowd to settle down before continuing. "BUT THAT WILL BE LATER ON, SO FOR NOW ENJOY THE SHOW! FIRST UP IS ME, YOUR RINGMASTER AND AN EXPERT ANIMAL TAMER, MARIK!"

The crowd looked in awe at first, but then let out a cheer. Twilight was looking at the ringmaster with a suspicious look and thought she had seen him before.

"Somethin' wrong sugarcube?"  Applejack asked with a concerned look on her face.

Twilight snapped out of her thought and looked at the orange pony. "No...nothing's wrong. I'm just trying to get a closer look is all."  The lilac unicorn responded nervously.

Applejack raised an eyebrow while Twilight gave a forced smile. "Alrighty then pardner, if ya say so."  The farmer pony said in a suspicious tone.

Twilight breathed a small sigh of relief and then looked back to Marik.

Marik stepped into a huge cage that and in it was a huge golden yellow lion that was growling at him. He picked up a whip with his mouth, and cracked it at the lion's paws causing it to stop roaring and to stand on its two hind legs. A few stage hooves came out with five hoops that were as tall as the ringmaster himself. Marik turned to the lion, and whipped at the floor again. The lion acted on instinct and jumped through all the hoops. The stage hooves once again came out, and this time they lit rings on fire, causing everypony to gasp. Marik once again whipped near the lion's paws and he jumped through all five again with no burn marks on him.

The crowd let out a huge applause, but Marik raised his left hoof to indicate that it wasn't over yet. He dropped his whip and charged forward with a smirk on his face. The lion growled at him, and jumped at him causing a lot of the audience to scream. Marik dodged the jump, and tackled the lion's rear legs, causing the large beast to lose balance and fall forward. The lion got back up and swiped his claws at Marik. The ringmaster dodged them easily, and started running around the lion. The lion spun like crazy to catch up with his target and soon found himself feeling dizzy and eventually collapsed. Marik then took a lasso and tied up the lion's legs and took a bow.

The crowd cheered for a little bit, and Marik raised his hoof once more and went to untie the lion. He took his whip in his mouth again, and cracked it at the lion's feet again. The beast went from feeling a little dazed to looking alert once more. Marik went up to the lion to pry open his mouth, and then put himself in the lion's mouth causing a huge gasp from the audience. Marik stayed there for five minutes before he got out, and then with one more crack of his whip he caused the lion to clap with his front paws, and Marik took a bow. The entire audience was amazed as to what happened, and cheered for a few minutes.

"Hoo wee, that was close."  Said Applejack.

"I just hope that poor lion is okay."  Fluttershy said in a concerned tone.

"Ah don't worry Fluttershy."  Rainbow told her. "They practice this stuff a lot, and the lion looked fine."

Marik then stepped out of the cage and went back to the center of the ring. "NOW THEN!"  He shouted once more. "OUR NEXT PERFORMER IS A VERY TALENTED MAGICAL UNICORN! PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE ONE AND ONLY, ALEXIS!"

The audience applauded once more as the spotlight moved and shinned on a small wooden stage and there stood the dark blue unicorn in her white cap and hat. A stage hand pushed out a table full of props that had dishes, long sticks, and some rope. Alexis started by taking her hat off using her levitation, and then said a few words.

"flores ad me."

Suddenly, out came a bouquet of flowers that exploded and sent the petals whizzing through the air and near the audience. Alexis next pulled out a flock of blue jays and watch them fly off, a bag full of apples, a cake, and even one of the large stuffed bears. When the audience was done cheering she said a new incantation.

"atrox tempestas fulmina."  She said and then all of a sudden thick black clouds were in the big top.

A crack of lightning ripped through the clouds causing the crowd to scream in terror. Alexis gave a calm smile, and her horn glowed and created lightning bolts that danced across the sky. The crowd slowly stopped screaming and watched as the lightning went across the clouds in amazement. There were even some bolts that made shapes such as the sun, a crescent moon, a tree, and even a puppy.

Alexis then said in her quiet calm voice, "tempestatem profectus est."

The storm broke apart and then she turned to the dishes and sticks and started levitating them. She put all the dishes on sticks and spun them on the sticks. The sticks levitated toward the audience and floated across the crowd going up and down in the sky. The unicorn magician's horn glowed brightly and all the plates and sticks exploded in a radiant violet color and rained upon the audience. A stage hand then pushed out a huge glass rectangle and it was full of water. Alexis levitated the ropes and tied herself tightly. Two stage hooves came over, and placed some equipment on Alexis. One put a black bracelet with a lock on it on her horn, and then both lifted her into the glass rectangle and sealed her in it. The crowd looked in awe as to how she was going to get out.

"NOW EVERY PONY!"  Shouted Marik. "WATCH AS ALEXIS ESCAPES FROM THIS GLASS CONTAINER WITHOUT MAGIC! THAT BRACELET THERE WILL NULLIFY HER ABILITY TO USE MAGIC!"

Alexis seemed calm in the water, and showed no concern at all. Her hoofs were tied together as well as her hind legs. Slowly though Alexis was wiggling her way out of the ropes, and in three minutes she escaped the ropes, and popped up out of the top of the glass where she heard a huge applause from the crowd. Alexis got out and bowed.

"My goodness, that certainly was a fright."  Said Rarity. The others nodded in agreement and were in shock to see what happened.

The spotlight went back to the center again to Marik. "FOR OUR NEXT ACT!"  He shouted. "THIS PONY WILL PUT THE FUN BACK IN FUNNY! LET'S GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR OWN LARRY THE CLOWN PONY!"

The crowd cheered and Larry came out and slipped on a banana peel causing him to slip and slide across the ring and into one of the tent poles. The crowd laughed at this and Larry got up and went to a large red ball and hopped up on it. He at first slipped off it on purpose and got some laughs, but eventually he balanced himself on the ball, and walked around on it. A few stage hands then tossed a few wooden pins at the clown and caught them with his front hoofs and started juggling them. He went on with this for a few minutes before tossing the pins aside and jumping off doing a back flip and landing in a tub of whipped cream. He popped up with a huge beard made of whipped cream and the crowd once again laughed at this. Larry went over a unicycle and hoped on it. He rode across the ring for a few minutes. Several stage hooves then came out and threw pies at Larry, but every one of them didn't even come close to the clown.

"Ha!"  Shouted Larry as he continued to ride his unicycle. "You missed me!"

Larry accidentally though rode his unicycle into a small wall surrounding the ring and fell over into a huge whipped cream pie. The crowd gave out a huge laugh and the teal coated colt bowed to the audience.

"Oh my gosh!"  Pinkie shouted. "I've never seen a pie that big before. I've seen plenty of pies, but wow was that huge! I mean have you ev-mmhhff."  Pinkie was cut off by Twilight placing a hoof on her mouth.

Marik once again took center ring to announce his next performance. "I HOPE YOU ALL ARE READY FOR SOME HIGH WIRE STUNTS! OUR NEXT PERFORMER JUST LOVES LIVING ON THE EDGE, SO HERE'S PIERCE!"

The spotlight shinned on the top of one of the tent and there was the gray pegasus with his wings tied. Pierce began walking across it normally with all four hooves on the wire, but he soon raised his hind legs in the air, and walked with his two front hooves only across the high wire. The crowd looked with wide eyes, wondering would happen. Pierce made it across and received a big cheer from the crowd far below.

He then surprised the audience by taking a unicycle a stage hoof handed him, and rode across the high wire rope very slowly across back to where he started. Some of the audience screamed in suspense and looked on to the pegasus. Pierce made it across and received another loud cheer and applause. Pierce went then to go across the wire with the unicycle while balancing two plates on his rear hooves. It seemed to take forever, but Pierce got through it again and went back again across the wire. All of a sudden Pierce slipped and fell off the wire causing the entire audience to scream in terror. Pierce though just smiled and grabbed the wire with his teeth and did circled forward to and then let go of the wire and then landed back on top of the wire and made his way back across.

The crowd exploded into applause and gave a huge cheer that shook some of the Whitetail Wood trees. Pierce bowed and a stage hoof removed the rope around his wings and he flew down. Twilight and her friends were overjoyed byover the last performance.

"Oh my gosh! That was twenty percent cooler than any stunt I've ever done!"  Shouted Rainbow Dash.

"That was crazier than a stampede of cows!"  Applejack shouted.

Fluttershy was so busy cheering that none of the other ponies have ever seen her do since the Cloudsdale Best Young Flyers Competition.

"That was simply magnificent if I do say so myself."  Said Rarity.

"Wowie Zowie! my mind may have exploded twice over what I just saw!"  Pinkie Pie yelled.

Twilight was just amazed and speechless as to what she saw. All those years she felt circuses were just wastes of time and were boring were pushed out, and she realized what Spike and the others said was true. Twilight then had a look of panic on her when she remembered Spike.

"GIRLS!"  Twilight yelled in a terrified voice. "SPIKE! WE FORGOT HIM!"

The girls' looks of happiness changed to looks of fear and panic, and scrambled to leave to find the baby dragon.

"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE EVERYPONY?"  Asked the voice of Marik.

The crowd settled down and Twilight and the others were trying to leave the stands, but were listening to the announcement as well.

"WE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF PERFORMERS TODAY!"  Marik shouted. "HOWEVER IT'S NOW TIME FOR OUT SPECIAL GUEST. A YOUNG DRAGON WHO MAY BE SMALL, BUT HAS SOME SERIOUS FIRE POWER, SO PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR SPIKE!"

Twilight and the others stopped over hearing this. "WHAT?!?"  They all yelled in disbelief.

"He can't be talkin' 'bout OUR Spike right sugarcube?"  Asked Applejack.

Applejack's question was soon answered as Spike came out with a nervous smile, and looked everywhere. The crowd cheered and applauded wildly. Spike went over to the center ring and some stage hands were setting up four rows logs like in practice.

"SPIKE HERE IS GOING TO BURN ALL THESE LOGS USING HIS FIRE BREATH!"  Yelled Marik. "THEN HE WILL PERFORM A REAL LIGHT SHOW FOR YOU ALL!"

Marik went over to Spike and whispered something to him. "Do your best my friend."  The ringmaster said in a reassuring voice. "I also want you to do a flame fountain. It's where a dragon shoots his flames in the air, and it creates a fountain."

"But...what if I mess up?"  Spike asked hesitantly.

Marik smiled warmly at the baby dragon. "You can do it, I know you can. You have a special talent and everything will be okay."  He walked away from the dragon and stood to the side.

Spike looked around to see all the ponies were looking at him with small smiles. He felt his knees shake a little, and was on the verge of fainting. Gulping a little, he went over to the row of logs. He took a large inhale of breath, and concentrated hard on holding the flame in him. He let out a long green flame after a couple of seconds, and was able to hit all four rows of logs. The crowd cheered as to what they saw and clapped a little. Spike saw some logs were place on some towering sticks, and with another inhale he breathed out a long flame and hit all the logs in one clean sweep. The crowd once again cheered, but even harder. The baby dragon continued to hit targets that made shapes such as a muffin, an apple, and even a phoenix. The crowd cheered at this and then Spike prepared himself to do the flame fountain.

He faced up at the roof and gave a huge inhale to let the flames build up in him, and then let out a billowing green fire tower that almost hit the high wire rope and the flames spread out. The crowd watched in awe as the baby dragon continued his act and saw that some of the embers were raining down on them, but they weren't hurt by them at all. After a few minutes, Spike let the tower die down and caught his breath. He felt himself sweating and looked like he ran at the Running of the Leaves five times in one day.

The crowd exploded into a cheer that was louder than any of the other ones that they have given tonight. In the stands Twilight and her friends were not only cheering harder than any other ponies in the audience, but were speechless as well as to what Spike did. Spike felt tears of joy build up in him, and had a huge grin on his face. He hadn't felt this happy since the day he met Rarity. Spike saw the performers line up with him and they all gave a bow.

Marik stepped forward and spoke into the megaphone. "WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR SHOW! WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND HAVE A NICE EVENING!"

The crowd left slowly, but Twilight and the others were running as fast as they could to see Spike. Spike and the other performers made their way back to the ringmaster's office, and were congratulating each other for their acts.

"You gave me a scare there Pierce with that stunt you did."  Said Larry as he drank some cider.

Pierce gave a wide grin and slapped him on the back with his hoof. "Well at least I don't have pie on me, again."   

Spike laughed along with the others at this, but then felt a hoof tap his shoulder. He looked to see Marik smiling. "My friend, you were magnificent tonight. You really are a special dragon. You've really proven yourself here tonight."

"What do you mean?"  Asked Spike.

"Spike...how would you like to join us?"  Marik asked. "With a talent such as yours, you could become a star."

The others nodded in agreement, and Spike was awestruck by what he was told. A chance to make a name for himself and would make Twilight proud. At the though of Twilight, he felt sort of guilty. He was wondering what Twilight and the others would say. Would they still be his friend? His face sulked into a frown.

"What's wrong Spike?"  Alexis asked.

"Well...it's just that I don't know how my friends would react when they find out about this."

"Spike we are your friends."  Marik said. "Surely after what you told me about them you still consider them friends?"

Spike's mind felt conflicted. What Marik was saying was true, they did leave him by himself. However, a part of him felt he should be with Twilight and the others as well. "Well I..."

"SPIKE!"  A group of voices yelled.

Spike turned to see Twilight and the others there with a smile on their faces.

The baby dragon ran over and hugged Twilight. "What are you all doing here?"

Twilight pulled out the backstage passes from her saddlebag. "I won these in a competition. We saw what you did tonight, and we're so proud of you."

"Thanks Twilight!"  He turned to Marik and the other performers. "Hey guys, these are my friends!"  The four performers bowed, and his other friends bowed in return.

"You were so awesome, Pierce. That stunt you did was amazing!"  Said Rainbow Dash.

"Aww it was nothing. I've been wanting to do that for a while." Said the gray stallion with a smile.

"Miss Alexis."  Rarity said. "That magic act was simply divine and it was marvelous."  Alexis blushed and gave a small smile.

"Oh, I have to know where you got that super duper big pie Larry! I've never seen one that big before!"  Exclaimed Pinkie Pie with a grin.

Larry gave a smile and said, "We just have our chefs make a huge pie crust, and make whipped cream is all."

Marik then stepped forward. "Greetings to all of you, I hope you enjoyed the show. I was just discussing about my new star here, Spike."

Twilight and the others gasped at this. "Spike what's going on here?"  Asked the lilac unicorn.

The young dragon smiled and said, "I've been offered a chance to be here, and perform Twilight. I can showcase my talent and become a star."

The ponies looked in shock and disbelief. "Spike, you're my assistant and friend. Please tell me you aren't going to go for it are you?"  Twilight asked with a slight tone of concern in her voice.

Spike looked at her friends and saw that they each had the passes over their head, but Twilight had two of them. "Hey Twilight why do you have two of those passes?"

"Oh, well we had an extra one."  Twilight said sounding a little nervous. "The judges gave me extra ones for my friends, but I uh...was just going to give it to you."

Twilight was hoping her assistant would buy the lie, but Spike was looking at Twilight with a bit of an angry look. "It's not true is it?"  Asked Spike bitterly. "If you wanted to give it to me, then why didn't you look for me?"

Twilight was paralyzed with fear. She never saw the baby dragon this angry before in her life, but she figured if she told the truth and apologize it would be okay. "Well Spike...you see, the thing is that well...we accidentally got lost in all the fun and just...forgot about you."

Spike was stunned and in disbelief from what he heard. He felt his anger growing even more. "You forgot me? How could you do this to me?"

"Spike it was an accident."  Said Twilight. "We do care about you...a lot. We just..."

"You liars!"  Spike yelled at them.

Spike was beyond furious he couldn't believe what he heard, but it was the truth. None of them cared about him at all. He was left forgotten while his friends were out having fun. It was too much for Spike to contain, and felt like a huge volcano exploded in him twice. He looked at the ponies and gave them a look that may have been worse than Fluttershy's stare. Twilight and the others felt paralyzed, and had gone pale.

"So this is it then!?"  Spike yelled at them and with each word increasing anger grew in his voice. "After all I did, this is how I'm still treated!?"

The girls were shaking in their knees and were left speechless. "Am I just going to be that dragon who cleans up every pony's mess or run around doing nothing but chores!? Is that it!?"  Spike angrily asked.

"S...Spike, please we do care."  Said Twilight in a very timid voice.

"Lies again!"  Spike yelled. "If you care so much how come I'm always left behind while you all have fun and I work!?"

Applejack came forward then to calm the dragon down. "Sugarcube, we never left ya behind. Y'all were never left out..."

Spike couldn't contain his anger and frustration anymore. "YOU LIE! NONE OF YOU CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL AND JUST USE ME FOR LABOR!"  He snapped at them. "WHO WAS FORCED TO STAY HOME FROM THE CLOUDSDALE FLYING COMPETITION WHILE HAVING TO CLEAN UP THE ENTIRE LIBRARY FROM A MESS A CERTAIN UNICORN MADE?!"  He shot a glare at Twilight, who was looking down at the floor and was shaking with fear.

"WHO ALWAYS CLEANS UP EVERY PONY'S MESS!? IT'S ME! WHO WAS LEFT OUT OF GUMMY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!? WHO WAS LEFT ABANDONED AT THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA AND WOUND UP AT PONY JOE'S!? WHO NEARLY DROWNED AND FROZE TO DEATH AT THE END OF WINTER WRAP UP WHILE SOME CERTAIN PONIES WERE LAUGHING AT ME!? WHO IS ALWAYS CLEANING UP MESSES FROM ALL NIGHT STUDYING!? WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND TO TAKE A BOOK HOME WHEN I REALLY WANTED TO BE WITH YOU ALL!? ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!"

Applejack's jaw dropped and stepped back a little. Fluttershy was behind the farmer pony and was shaking violently. Rarity was at a loss for words and felt tears build up in her. Rainbow's eyes were bulging out, and felt her wings shaking a little. Even Pinkie realized the seriousness of the situation and looked down frowing.

"NOW I'VE BEEN TOLD I WAS FORGOTTEN BY ALL OF YOU!"  The baby dragon yelled. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH! IF THIS IS HOW I WILL BE TREATED THEN IT'S OVER! I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH ANY OF YOU!"

The ponies gasped at this, and Twilight tried to walk over to comfort Spike. "Spike please we..."

Before they could react, Spike inhaled and shot a line of green fire across the floor that scared the six ponies and separated him from his former friends. He looked past the billowing flames and looked at Twilight and the others with a cold glare. "I don't need you Twilight...I don't need any of you."  He said bitterly. "I'm not going back with you...these are my real friends. Now go away and leave me alone."

Twilight's mind went blank on her. She didn't know what to do, and tried to think of something to say, but couldn't find the words.

"You heard him."  Marik said breaking the silence. "Please leave us now, or we'll get the staff to show you out."

Twilight and the others looked at Spike one more time, but he turned his back and refused to look at them. The ponies looked at the performers who had stern looks on them. Realizing they were beaten and shocked from what happened, they took their leave and left Spike and his new friends alone.

Twilight and the others made their way outside the circus entrance, and up the hill overlooking the grounds. They were all still shaken by Spike's outburst and none of them could find a word to break the silence. Twilight was taking it the hardest. She felt like she lost her brother and recalled all those things that Spike said to her and the others about him being abandoned. The realization cut her right to the core and knew what Spike said was true. She scolded herself for what she did to her friend, and felt tears building up in her. She blamed herself for what happened and for not knowing about how Spike felt until it was too late. She thought of those performers that would be Spike's new friends and family. Suddenly something clicked in Twilight's mind when she saw that image of the ringmaster. She thought that he looked familiar, and had a dark realization.

"Twi, we aren't going to leave him here are we?"  Rainbow Dash asked breaking the silence.  

Twilight was still shaken up over what happened, but shook her head and said, "No...there's something wrong here with this circus. I got a closer at ringmaster, and he...looked like somepony I've read about before."

"So hold on a minute here."  Applejack said to Twilight. "Y'all mean t'tell us that you know that stallion there?"

The five ponies looked at Twilight with a worried look on their faces.

"No...but I have read about him before."  Said Twilight. "Spike may be in danger though, and we need to let the princess know."

"How darling?"  Rarity asked. "Spike was your only way of communicating with the princess, and none of us are fast enough to send a message to her."

"Hey, I can get there in ten seconds flat....well not ten seconds, but I can get there before you know it."  Said Rainbow Dash. "I'll go to Canterlot and get Princess Celestia. What do you need from her?"

Twilight summoned a scroll, quill, and ink and wrote something. "Here take this to Celestia, and be quick about it."  She rolled up the scroll and handed it to the sky blue pegasus.

"I'm on it!"  Said Rainbow and gave a salute. She turned around and rocketed towards Canterlot.

"Twilight, is Spike going to be okay?"  Pinkie asked sounding a little worried.

Twilight patted her friend on the back. "He's got to be Pinkie, and if he's in any danger we'll be there."  Twilight looked back at the circus tent and shed a tear. "Spike, for all our sake, I hope you'll be safe."

TO BE CONTINUED