"He's gone!"

The first words that greeted Twilight Sparkle as she returned to her room were ones of panic; Fluttershy had excused herself a few minutes early from dinner, and seemed to have used them to search every nook and cranny in her bedroom. "What do you mean? Who's gone?" she asked, unintentionally beginning to mirror the yellow pegasus.

"Angel won't come out, and I've tried everything I know. I've tried calling, and begging, and beseeching, and asking politely, and-", Fluttershy started before noticing an open window, "You don't think he could've gone outside do you?"

"Oh no," Now Twilight really started to panic, looking at a clock on the wall, "Nononononono! He can't go outside now!"

"W-Why not? If you don't mind me asking, that is" inquired Fluttershy, her curiosity overriding her panic.

"There's all sorts of crazy things that come out at night here!" Twilight was hysterical, "He could be eaten by a hydra! Or grabbed by scavenger ponies and sold as some sort of exotic pet! Or…" She stopped as she noticed her paranoid ramblings were bringing Fluttershy to tears. The sight came close to making Twilight follow suit, how did this pony have that effect on her, she wondered. Putting the thought out of her mind, as well as fifty more horrible scenarios that Angel could find himself in, and put a comforting hoof around Fluttershy.

"Don't worry, that probably won't happen," she said, earning a small smile from the pegasus, "Besides, Angel's smart, and he's small; he can hide if things get too dangerous out there. Still, first thing in the morning we'd better go looking for him."

"You don't think he went out to find the 'Celestia' from the holo-recording, do you?" Fluttershy asked, wiping her hoof across the tears in her eyes.

"I don't know, but it's an excellent place to start," Twilight responded while searching her shelves for a local map before turning back, "Angel will be fine; try to get some sleep Fluttershy, we'll have to get up early tomorrow if we want to find him and get back before Uncle finds out." Fluttershy found herself thinking Twilight was being a little too optimistic.

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Sand and dust was kicked into a fog as Twilight's landspeeder raced across Tolfetooine's dunes. Twilight alternated her focus between piloting the craft and making sure Fluttershy was correctly using a bio-scanner she had…acquired from her uncle's tool shed. Despite her previous optimism, Twilight couldn't help but think to what he would say when they got back; it would probably involve things like "shirking your duties" and "I thought I raised you better" and other things that she'd heard a hundred times before. Twilight suddenly felt a hoof on her shoulder bringing her out of her inner thoughts.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know but, um, could that be Angel Bunny here", Fluttershy was just barely audible over the whine of the engine as she pointed at the sensor display. Twilight looked over at the blip on the screen.

"We won't be able to tell at this distance," she advised, "I think from the size alone it could be him. Let's go!" As she accelerated the landspeeder towards their new destination, neither pony was aware of two ponies tracking them from the ridge.

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If this planet had any, Angel was sure there would be airborne scavengers circling above him, waiting for him to drop dead of dehydration. He was fortunate to have found a mesa on his journey so far, but was silently berating himself for not swiping a canteen before leaving. So intent was he on his self-depreciation that he didn't notice the sound of a vehicle pull up behind him. He only became aware of his new visitors when a pair of hooves came and grabbed him from behind.

"Oh Angel, I was so worried about you!" came a familiar voice as Angel struggled to free himself from his captor. Hearing Fluttershy's touching concern was enough for Angel to stop from twisting around to start strangling the newcomers, but he decided he was going to put up a fight anyway on principle.

"Just where did you think you were going?" came the agitated voice of her companion, whom Angel remembered was called Twilight Sparkle. Before he could think of a way of reply, Fluttershy had interrupted again.

"How could you just run away from us like that? You could have gotten eaten by some big scary monster, or hunted for food by some mean smuggler pony, or even hurt your little bunny paws." Fluttershy's gushing over him was getting to be quite enough in Angel's opinion; luckily the other mare spoke up, causing the fawning to cease for a moment.

"Not much chance of that now," she giggled at the show of affection, "Come on, we need to get back before Uncle Oaten really chews me out for b-"

Angel had detected a strange, seeming dangerous presence on the other side of the ridge opposite of the mesa he had taken shelter near. The moment Fluttershy had set him down he began to gesticulate wildly in the hope that one of the ponies would notice and take action that could save their lives. Instead, the purple unicorn in front of him just looked confused.

"What's wrong with him now?" she turned to ask Fluttershy.

"I'm not sure," she responded, looking down at the rabbit, "He's usually not this excited. Is there something you're trying to tell us?" Angel continued pointing in the direction of the ridge with a note of budding panic. "Are you pointing because there's water over the ridge?" Angel shook his head quickly before resuming his frantic pointing. "I-Is there something scary out there?" Angel responded with a short nod.

"Well, let's check it out," the unicorn responded, levitating her binoculars out of the landspeeder and doing the exact opposite thing that Angel wanted to do. Angel could do nothing but facepalm at the purple mare's cluelessness. He decided to do the smart thing instead and find a nice crack in the mesa wall to hide in while the two ponies, he was certain, were climbing straight into danger. His fears were soon validated as a massive pony, bandaged from head to hoof, suddenly rose up from behind the ridge and let out a decidedly non-pony-like roar. As expected, Fluttershy fainted immediately with her characteristic bleating. The other pony-Twilight, he reminded himself- fared little better, as a swift kick from the monstrous thing before her sent her rolling back down the hill. She stopped at the bottom, motionless.

Neither the sandpony that had attacked them nor the other one that had come around the ridge had noticed Angel, which was how he liked it. However, he wasn't sure if these new ponies were scavengers of metal or of flesh, or if they liked the taste of live animals. Luckily, they seemed to have no interest in the two unconscious ponies around them as they went straight to their mode of transportation. Supplies and parts were tossed in all directions, sometimes pausing when the two squabbled over a choice bit of booty.

Unexpectedly, a loud, animalistic roar sounded down the canyon. The sandponies stopped their current argument and fearfully looked around for the source of the noise. When it sounded again, nearer this time, they galloped as fast as they could in the direction they had come, uttering grunts and moans of fright. The sound had no meaning to Angel, who nonetheless tried to squeeze further into his tiny alcove; if the approaching thing did eat bunnies, he wasn't going to be easy to get at. A dark shape, smaller than Angel had expected, rose over the dune guarding the entrance to the canyon; it was tall, but hardly monstrous. Angel frowned inwardly as he shuffled around for a better look. Features became recognizable to the bunny as it loomed closer: a shabby cloak, and four white hooves, a pony? The figure bent down at the purp-Twilight, seeming to check for any serious injuries, before moving on to Fluttershy. Angel tried to silently move out of the crack, but before he could get very far a pepple dislodged from the wall. The figure suddenly turned around and gazed at him. Slowly, it lowered its hood, revealing a long horn and an even longer pastel rainbow-colored mane, flowing in the non-existent breeze.

"Hello there, my friend," she spoke, "There's no need be afraid now."

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Author's Notes:

All characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are all owned by Hasbro, Inc.

Original story Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas

I tried to write the third part of this chapter in Angel's perspective. I'm not entirely sure it worked, but it was interesting to try.