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The Art of Stalking

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Rainbow Dash was being hunted.

She stepped through the forest, head low, trying to keep her hoofsteps as quiet as possible. It was difficult, she was never really one for stealth, the patience required not being her strong point. Her brightly coloured mane certainly didn't help either.

Don't worry Dash, you'll be fine, because you're totally awesome, and awesome ponies always triumph in the end. Smirking with newfound determination, she lifted her head a bit, continuing forward...

...and stepped on a twig, breaking it in half.

She could swear the dry snap echoed for miles.

A sudden beating of wings made Dash curse inside her head and quickly fly forward, dropping any pretense of stealth. Zig-zagging between trees, she dared not look behind at her pursuer, worried that the moment of hesitation would be all she needed to catch up.

The edge of the woods came into view and Dash let out a cry of triumph, certain she was finally home free. Her cry shifted from triumph to terror when her pursuer suddenly collided into her, claws digging into her pelt, the two of them tumbling through the air and out of the woods...


***


"Dang it!"

Gilda laughed as Dash flailed in frustration, her claws still wrapped around the pegasus. "Sweet tree dodging, dude, but I caught you fair and square!"

Dash quit struggling and sighed with a smirk. "Heh, I guess. Way to go, G."

Gilda released her friend, letting her roll onto the ground beside her. The pegasus, too exhausted to move away from the griffin, just closed her eyes and relaxed.

"... hey, Dash?

"Mn, yeah?"

"... you're my best friend."

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to see Gilda's sheepish face, and couldn't help but smile at her.

"You're my best friend too."
"A moment shared between predator and prey."

So this is the thing I wrote for the first 300 word event on Equestria Daily.

I know Gilda was kind of awful in the one episode she starred in, but it's more fun to imagine her as more than the one-dimensional character she was written as. If there was one good quality she seemed to have in the show though, it was her honest affection for Dash. So here's an imagined excerpt from the good ol' days when it was just the two of them.

Enjoy!
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