Arrow leaped to the nearest artificial target, whipping in front of it, before stabbing it with her hind legs.
Prst-crk.
The whole dummy flew out of its position, hitting a tree like a baseball to a bat. The ragged statue then fell onto the grass, now in pieces.
Arrow muttered a mild curse under her breath. "About time..." The dummy begin to levitate into midair to her magic's will, and as Arrow gritted her teeth, the statue's body glowed in a intense barricade of light, sparks igniting like a wild release of fireworks. When the light finally died, where the old, dirty dummy stood, there was a brand new dummy, alongside a new cloned version of it.
She was too much in dread to be proud. Her heart beated so painfully, like a horse galloping with a lost leg.
Before she could sink into all the fear that haunted her mind, a loud, obnoxious rap on the door woke her up. She blinked.
"Coming!" She cried, and galloped to the front door to answer.
When she opened the door, there was her friend, Gumdrop Swirl, standing at the front of her door still having that ridiculously wide smile that was too much for her.
"How, exactly are you able to smile at the day you could be killed?" Arrow blurted with a mild tone of rage.
"Oh, easy, there's like, thousands of thousands of ponies outside and its funny that everyone thinks that they're the one that's gonna be chosen. That's funny." Gumdrop stopped smiling and frowned. "And kind of weird."
"Well, you never know." Arrow whispered. "It might be you. Or me."
"Oh, c'mon, Arrow! You used to be so happy and optimistic, now look what this stupid game did to you?" Gumdrop moaned. "You need to cheer up and be even MORE optimistic! Besides, you're like, the daughter of the legendary hunting clan! And you're like, the most stressed out one here!"
"Wow, how about when you're that incredibly lucky one being chosen and you have to kill your friends? Does that sound fabulous to you?"
"Well, no... but probably won't be you! Nor me! Try to believe that way! I mean, its reasonable to stay happy while you're in a desperate situation, better than being all gloomy and fearful!" Gumdrop grinned, and begin to dash into Arrow's house.
"So, are you ready for the selection?" She continued, staring at Arrow's simple yet cozy living room, at the goldfish she bought recently.
"Not really...." Arrow sighed. "I wish I can just disappear into the woods until the reaping day is over."
"You know they'll find you." Gumdrop huffed. "They have alicorns to chase you down. You'll be caught, by hook or crook."
"How long till the selection?" Arrow turned around, tweaking the topic a little bit.