>>3836 >"Apple Bloom..." >"Apple Bloom..." >Apple Bloom's eyes fluttered open. She felt the grass beneath her body. >Slowly a vague white form took shape before her. Sweetie Belle! >Apple Bloom hurried to her hooves. She was in a grassy field, a brief glance behind her revealed the town below the hilltops: Ponyville. >When Apple Bloom turned her attention back to her friend, a wide smile greeted her eyes. >Sweetie Belle was normally bubbly but she seemed especially happy today. >"What's up Sweetie Belle?" >"Ready for the hike?" Sweetie Belle asked as Apple Bloom suddenly noticed that she was waring camping saddlebags. >She was apparently waring them too. She could even feel their weight. >She didn't have them on when she had first woken up, did she? >"Where are we hiking to?" Apple Bloom asked, the first question leaving her mind. >Sweetie Belle gestured to a large once unnoticed mountain in the distance that cast a a shadow over them. >It even made Canterlot look puny. >"It's where the Mare in the Mountain lives!"
