Well, there I was.  A 7 year old Pegasus, trapped in a cage, being carried to god knows where. The 3 dogs were awfully silent for some reason. I would complain, cuss and even threaten them. All they did was shake the cage a bit. After awhile I gave up on getting any information out of them. Then I remembered that i wasn't the only one being kidnapped by the dogs. The unicorn. I quickly looked over to him only to find that he was still shaking as tears fell from his face. I thought I would try to talk to him. "Worth a shot." I said with a sigh. "Hay........pssst. Hay? Can you hear me?"

    "Ye...yea. I can hear you. What do you want?" he said. Success! I had someone to talk to know. "Thank Celestia! Someone to talk to. My name is LightningRain. What is your name?"

       He gave me a look that kinda made me feel stupid. I got this look a lot. From family, friends and people that didn't even know me. "Why do you seem so happy? You've been kidnapped!"he said this with the same expression on his face from before.  

"I'm not happy in the least." I said. "I'm just thankful that someone is talking. Look, do you know anything about where we are heading? Anything at all?"

    He looked down for a second. He let out a few more tears so he could talk without stuttering. "*sniff* All I know is that they are taking us to some place called The Arena and that once we get there *sniff* we will be given further instruction. That's all I know. *Sniff*!"

       "The Arena?" I said. " Do you know how far away we are fro..." THUD! We were dropped. We couldn't see much of what was going on or where we were. We only had 3 small slits on each side of our cages. They didn't let in much light.  I could feel a few blades of grass poking through the slits in the cage. At this point, all you could hear was the dogs walking of into the distance. The unicorn next to me the let out a sniff and a sneeze. "Shhhh. Try to stay silent for a few moments. I want to know whats going on." I said this as kindly as I could.

      "Well I'm sorry if my *sniff* if my *sniff* condition is a inconvenience to you." said the young unicorn. I was starting to not like this guy. I was about to continue my attempt to keep him silent but then, off in the distance, the sound of iron wrestling with itself began. I put my right eye right up against one of the small slits in the cage. "Shit! I cant see a thing!" Cussing was becoming a habit of mine from this point on. "Hay kid, can you tell whats going on?" I asked.

    "I have a name you know!" said the unicorn.

    "Well ya didn't bother to tell me it earlier, now did ya?"

      "I'm sorry *sniff*. My name is SharpSphere."

      "Nice to meet ya, now answer my other question Sharp." I heard his cage rattle a bit. He was moving. The sounds of clapping iron were progressively getting louder. "Do you see anything?" I asked him.

     "Ummmm, no *sniff* I don't see anything *sniff*.........WAIT! The one with the eye patch, he is limping, and coming this way!" I was prepared to be jerked up off the ground and then i heard the sound of sharp iron piercing its way through the air. *Thhp* Right into the limping dogs back. "DAMN IT ALL!" He exclaimed as he fell to the ground. His body landed right in front of my cage. "You little bastards are more trouble than your wor*COUGH*th!" Then, all life faded from his body. Blood was gushing out of his mouth and spine. The blood from his mouth had made its way into my cage. It was warm and gooey. I was paralyzed. I had seen death. The blood of that dog was now on my coat. But I didn't black out. I knew what was happening, was happening for a reason. I was supposed to see this. If I was to turn away, I was screwed in the long run. I got a hold of myself and looked the dogs lifeless body in the eye.  "Hes dead. Hes dead Sharp! I just watched a dog die right in front of me!" I waited for an answer from SharpSphere but i heard nothing from his cage. I could see his horn poking its way out of one of the slits in his cage. I quickly turned back to the body. I stared at it for awhile, then i heard the claps of iron again. I looked in the distance just above the dogs corpse. I could see the dog with the bat holding a dead unicorn by the neck with his left hand , letting its body drag the ground. With his right hand, he grasped the bat and swung it at a colt. The colt quickly hit the ground. The dog then walked over and crushed its skull with his own foot. These images would surly haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. But i couldn't turn away. The way the sun beamed through the trees and touched these lifeless corpses were now etched into my mind. The dog with the bat began to walk back to the cages. The third must have died somewhere off out of my sight because I never saw him again after that battle. "Hope you like what you see kid, cause your gonna be the one doing it soon." The dog said this as he laughed and kicked at the corpse of his fallen comrade. The only thought going through my mind at this point, could I really do it. Would I go so far to protect someone I cared about and kill? I didn't want to know and yet, I did. The dog picked up SharpSpheres cage first. "AWWW look at him. All this blood was to much for him. Well we will have to fix that wont we?" the dog then turned to my cage and picked me up. "Welp lets be on our way now kiddies! I cant wait to show you around The Arena." The sun was beginning to set at this point. The orange sky, brown leaves. These were the only thing I could see from the inside of my cage now. A small breeze would flow through the slits and leave me with a chill. I wanted to know what The Arena was, if Rarity made it home safely, what my cutie mark said and why we were ambushed. My eyelids were getting heavy. I laid my head down between my hooves and tears began to fall down my face. I knew all of this was happening for a reason. It was just to overwhelming at that age. I then drifted off to sleep wilts awaiting what was to come.