when i woke up for the second time daring was already up. she was holding my phone, i think trying to figure out how to work it.

i got up and walked over.

"morning" i said

"hey, how do you work this thing?" she asked

"just press the home button, enter my passcode and press play." i said

"uh..." daring made a confused face. i took my phone, pressed the home button, it turned on, i entered my passcode, and it ulocked. then i pressed play and my music started playing.

"simple" i said

"easy for you to say" daring said. "oh, and thanks for the armour and the sword and stuff." she said

"no problem." i said, though all my diamonds were gone and i had no cross dimensional ingrediants left.

we started walking toward the mountains again. we would probably get there sometime today. we listened to music and walked as it started to rain.

""so what are you gonna do after we rescue dash?" i asked daring

"i dont have a clue. i might stay in the forest or try to re-enter the world. but that also means ill have to stop writing my books." she said

"not entirely, i mean you can still come back here for another adventure every once in a while." i told her

"yeah, i guess." she said

the rest of the day we didn't talk much. the rain finally stopped about 2 or 3 hours after it started. at about 8 we finally made it to the beginning of the mountains. we set up camp and planned to set out in the morning.

we sat at the fire i had made and chatted for a while. then after it got daring went to bed and i stayed up for guard duty until sometime around 2. i didnt want repead of the timberwolf attack.

i finnaly fell asleep after some time of sitting and waiting for myself to drift off.

i woke up early, though it was clear i hadnt had enough sleep. i was thinking while sitting around on guard duty. maybe daring shouldnt come with me... it is my fight really, and fighting dragons? thats fucking insane for anypony.

so i got up and took a stick and wrote on the ground:

daring do, i thank you very much for your help and saving me from the timberwolves and all, but i have to do this alone. this is my fight, and i am not expecting to come out uninjured, or even alive. i dont want to put your life in danger along with mine and rainbow dash's. consider the armor a gift from me, if i come out alive, i should be home in about 3 days. hope to see you then...

then I quietly slipped into my armor, fiiled my saddlebags with some of the food we had left out and put my headphones on.

"your part of the hangmans body cooouuunnntt" sang my phone

i walked up mountains, down into valleys, and i had to fly over cliffs.

as i was resting for a minute after i flew up a steep ridge (this armour is fucking heavy!) i thought i heard a small clink in the distance but i ruled it out as my own armor. then i eventually started walking again. i didnt know how far in this dragon was, but i wouldnt think to far from where i was.

i seen smoke rising from over a peak of a mountain about 300 yards away. i shifted directions towards the smoke.

i walked over a ridge and into a small round, flat area. there was a large cave on one of the walls and i could see light far in. i walked across the small area and into the cave.

deep inside i seen something that almost made me shit my-oh wait...i dont wear pants...

there was a sleeping dragon, easily 50 feet tall when standing, and just behind it was a small area where 2 ponies were being kept prisoner.

one of them was unmistakeably rainbow dash. she had cuts and brueses all over her. it was a miracle she wasnt dead, but i could see her stomach moving in a slow rhythym.

then i looked at the other one...she looked familliar. blonde mane, grey coat...wait. derpy!? why was she here? food? torture? who knows.

anyway, back to the dragon. it had shiny blue scales, just like the one in the envalope. it had huge, leathery wings and a long spiked tail. it looked bigger than i had expected, but i still had a pinch of hope. then i walked back out of the cave and started divising a plan. first i had to wake it up. my phone had an alarm, got that covered. then i had to move fast so the dragon couldnt attack me fast enough to hit me. agillity, check. then i need-*stomp* *stomp* *stomp*

"well there goes the plan."

the dragon came crawling out of its cave and im pretty sure it intended to rip my heart out of my body.

"who dares wake me.?" it said in a booming voice

"wait you can talk? cant we just negotiate? i mean...my wife and the mail mare for hhats left of my lasagna?" i said, trying to keep my cool

"very funny, but no" it said

"well, you sir are missing out on some delectible food" i said

"what do you mean? i was planning on eating the blue one over there for dinner. she looks delectible" he said pointing at rainbow

"you little bitch..." i swore at him

redheads are bad at keeping their temper. and in the real world, im am the reddest shade of natural red hair you could get.

so, i did what hardly anypony would ever do in this situation and yelled,

"COME AT ME BRO!"

and without hesitating, the dragon stood up, id say measuring in at about 67 feet? maybe more?

"i wasnt meaning you...i meant... that rock over there. no, you can stay completely still while i just take my wife and derpy and-"

"nope." it denied

"well, i tried" and with that, i charged