Chapter 4 - Awoken

Apple Bloom was awoken by a gentle hoof pushing her over and over again, it wasn’t Sweetie Belle or Scootaloo. No, it was a grown pony, she could feel that by the controlled force holding back. Apple Bloom slowly forced opened her eyes, blinked a couple of times. And then found out it was no pony pushing. She wasn’t afraid, she knew the person. Funny enough it wasn’t the first she had taken her into her house and taken care of her, it was Zecora. The zebra smiled at Apple Bloom then stepped back revealing the other ponies standing behind her. Then it all came back to her. Spike! Where is he? What had she done with him? What are they going to do now? As before millions of questions ran through the pony's head. And then, A young purple and green dragon walked through the door, smiling.
"SPIKE!" Apple Bloom yelled at the top of her lungs, scaring the dragon, the zebra and the other two ponies.
"Hi Apple Bloom" The baby dragon said, a little startled from the sound.
"What happened? Apple Bloom said.
Zecora and Spike started to explain to Apple Bloom, that Zecora had contacted Spike via letter and since she is not that used to writing letters, she forgot to sign it off. Spike then met up with Zecora at the lake, because she needed some help finding some ingredients for a brew she was making. Spike had wandered off on his own and gotten a little too curious around these strange leafs and plants, and ended up with eating a couple of them. Apparently, he passed out in the bush, Zecora couldn’t find him. If it wasn’t for Sweetie Belle He might have still been lying there. Actually kind of strange. Because they were looking for ingredients on the other side of the lake when they first meet. Zecora had then showed up when she heard the scream and brought Spike and the girls back to her hut. She had then made a curing potion for Spike, made with ingredients from the same bush they had found him in.
After Apple Bloom had come to her senses, Spike and the girls said goodbye to Zecora and then ventured back through the forest towards town.
As Spike, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom walked through the forest on the road leading to Ponyville, the sun was going down but they did not hear the casual afternoon noise of ponies talking, and playing. They were greeted by dead silence. They were not afraid or alerted anymore, due to what had happened earlier.
"Why is it so quiet?" Spike asked.
"Don’t know." Scootaloo answered, with no special facial expression. She didn’t even care anymore. She just wanted to go home and get back to her bed. She didn’t even feel like being with Sweetie Belle or Apple Bloom anymore. She was just really tired, thinking of all that had happened earlier today.
When they entered Ponyville, the place was deserted, the place was a ghost town.
"What now...” Apple Bloom said and sighed almost unnoticeable, but so did the other ponies. She was tired of all the action, and she hadn’t fully recovered from the blackout earlier.
"Where is everyone?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Hello!?" She yelled.
No response
"HELLO!" She tried again
Still no response.

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