Lost Forever

Music and Terror

"Brace yourself." I said as we left the castle.

"Wha-"Strike was cut off as a purple aura emitted from my horn and covered us completely

In a moment, we were at the door of the house. "I want to get my cutie mark. Really soon." She said.

"So you said you like music?" I asked.

"Yes." She smiled.

"Right. You stay here in the house, and I will go sign up for music lessons." I answered.

I walked away from the house, and after a long time of walking, I stopped. In front of me was a large building, and it had a sign saying:

Music, Singing and Dancing lessons.

I entered through the door, and the woman at the front desk smiled at the sight of me. I walked to the desk

"I want to sign up for music lessons on the harp. Sign up with the name Emerald Strike please. How many bits will that be each month?" I asked.

"That will be fifty. Providing two lessons a week. One on Sunday and one on Wednesday at mid-day. But the signing up payment will be twenty-five bits." She explained.

"Right." I turned my head and dug in my saddle bag. Inside, I had a few apples, a flashlight, a spell book and a bag of bits.

I counted twenty-five on the counter and walked through the door, the handle gently brushing my light blue coat. My purple tipped hooves clattered against the floor as I walked. Meh. That's damn boring. I braced myself. Usually, when I fly with Strike, we're both extremely fast, but as for me, it wouldn't be my top speed so Strike could catch up. But now, I'm going to fly as fast as any pony could imagine.

I stretched my purple tipped wings and got ready for takeoff. One. Two... And...THREE! I took off like a zooming rocket, leaving a purple sparkling trail behind me. I could fly fast enough to leave trails, but I couldn't dream of attempting a sonic rainboom. Only that damn Rainbow Dash could do it. The force of air left my pink mane flying behind me and a ridiculous thought of my mane flying off struck my mind.

As I flew, I cleared lots of clouds in a flash. The gusts of wind smashed into my face. I loved the sensation of flying. Below me, lots of houses and buildings moved behind me at ridiculous speeds. I looked around me. There was that bubble that formed before performing a sonic rainboom. Could I break its barrier?

I flew even faster, the gusts of air making my eyes sting. The bubble was narrowing, narrowing, I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it. It was so narrow that my eyes were producing tears.

And I bounced off. I flew backwards, hitting dirt. I looked around me. Yep, I was too carried away by flying that I flew PAST the house.

I ended up flying back there, at a normal speed. Not crazy insane flying race speed. I was right. I could never dream of attempting the sonic rainboom. NEVER.

I set hoof into the house. Strike wasn't in the main room. Maybe she was in her room? I looked into it, but nopony was in it. Where is she?

"Strike?" I called out. "Emerald Strike! Where are you!"

I looked closer at her pink and green bed. There was a crumpled paper. I UNcrumpled it and read its contents.

Ms. FlameSpark,

We have her now. You want her? Then you can do us a favor. It's pretty simple actually. Wipe Celestia and Luna's memory of the Rainbow Factory, keep it back on track, and you will have your filly. And if you tell anyone, we will kill her immediately. It's that simple. And you need to remember one thing.
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We are watching you.

From:
Definitely not Rainbow Dash or Atmosphere.

A terrible situation it is. What should I do? Then I noticed it. In a tiny familiar handwriting, at the bottom of the paper was a tiny word and around it was smeared with blood.

Help.