To make a mare of a stallion.

center]To Make a Mare a Stallion

Chapter 5:Rails of hope.

It was a cool summers morning and the grass was wet and the sun was lo[w as Flam and Jess climbed out of the small hospital window. They both landed on the wet grass after making a small jump to get down, and the moment Jess landed next to Flam he turned to her with a smile. “We’ll make our way to the train station and try to escape from there.”

She shook her head, then lifted the small colt onto her back. “We need to get out of here now.” She spread out her wings and took off towards the train station in the distance.

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Jessica could see the train station a few hundred yards in the distance. She could almost count down the distance to the station. Five hundred feet. Four hundred. Three hundred. One hundred fifty. Fifty feet. Ten feet.

Jessica’s hooves made contact with the gravel as her wings flared out to both sides, stopping her almost instantly. She kept a small jog when she landed so that she didn’t lose the passenger on her back. “Well Flammy Boy, we are here.” She giggled a bit after using Flamboyant’s humiliating nickname.

He slowly climbed off her back grunting as his hoof made contact with the floor, looking up at Jess with a pout on his face. “I told you not to call me that.” His pout quickly turned into a smile as he wrapped his hooves around her hugging her with a giggle. “Thanks for getting me out of there Jess...”

She giggled a little and picked up her little brother. “Heh I told you that I’ll always be here for you. ‘Brother and sister together forever’, remember?” She smiled and trotted to the ticket booth,

“W-Wait Jess.” He tugged at her leg getting her attention. “We don’t have any bits to pay for a ticket. How are we gonna get on the train?”

Jess stopped in mid trot. “I didn’t think about that... Well I have fifteen bits on me right now.” She tapped on the ticket booth. “Excuse me, how much are two one-way tickets to Las Pegasus?”

His eyes widened at his sister’s words tugging her hoof harder this time. “Are you mad Jess? What would we even do in such a place? wouldn’t we be safer going to Canterlot and finding our place there? Las Pegasus has to man gambling ponies and such no place for a filly and colt.”

She thought for a second then turned to the booth worker, a mare with cream fur and a long red mane. “Never Mind, how much are two one-way tickets to Canterlot?”

The mare working the booth looked at her chart. “It will be ten bits each, so twenty bits. The next train will leave in a couple of hours though.”

Jess looked down at her small bit pouch. Fifteen bits. She thanked the mare working the booth then turned to Flammy. “We need five more bits. Do you think Pinkie would give us the bits?”

He looked at her with a smile. “We could try, I mean if mom and dad catch us then are whole plan is ruined, but we need to leave, so let’s go find Pinkie.” He said with a valiant smile.

She giggled and rubbed his mane. “Okay Flammy the Knight. Lead the way!” She put him on her back and giggled a bit before taking off towards Sugarcube Corner

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After trotting from the train station to the main town of Ponyville, the filly and colt made their way to Sugarcube Corner. If anypony could help them now it had to be the most friendly mare in Equestria, Pinkie Pie. Even if she wasn’t willing to part with the bits required to leave, the two could still enjoy some time with their favourite mare in all of Ponyville.

Jessica slowly walked into Sugarcube Corner with Flam on her back. She looked around until she noticed the pink-maned mare arguing with a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail on which cupcake was the best. The two seemed quite serious about the conversation. Not wanting to interrupt, Flam climbed off his sisters back and walked over to the two arguing mares.

He raised his hoof up to Pinkie, poking her chest with a gentle prod. “Umm excuse me Pinkie….” He always seemed to be shy around the mare, Pinkie being one of a few who accepted Flam’s way of life without question. Her hyperactive attitude didn’t scare the young colt, although it did at times make him feel uncomfortable.

In what seemed like half a second, Pinkie had quickly gone from full blown argument to the same lovable pink poofy mare everypony knew and enjoyed being around. She looked down with a wide smile, almost instantly grabbing Flam in a tight and warm hug while he hugged back with a wide smile. “Flammy! It’s been ages since I’ve seen you! How are you!” She almost deafened the colt by how loud she was sometimes.

He looked up at her shyly, his wide smile still plastered on his face. “I-I’m good Pinkie...How have you been?” He felt awkward asking her but he had to break the social ice somehow.

“Well Flammy I’ve been great! Me and Rainbow Dash were arguing about which cupcake was best, I still say that chocolate is better.”

Rainbow Dash almost burst forward her hind hooves flailing in the air as she kicked into the argument again. “I told you Pinkie Pie! The Rainbow Cupcakes are the best simply for being based off my awesomeness.” The rainbow-maned pony’s ego made Flam sigh. He was never a fan of her and never would be, not as long as that ego of her’s was still there. He returned his line of sight to Pinkie Pie, hoping she wouldn’t be too busy arguing. He tried pulling the cutest face he could, making his sister giggle at his silly face.

“Auntie Pinkie...”

She returned her sight to him looking down once more. “Yes Flammy?” She raised a brow, curious as to why he was pulling such a silly and cute face. Not wanting to question him, she simply smiled awaiting his question.

“Me and Jess are leaving Ponyville, we’re going to Canterlot to get away from our parents and well... I know you won’t let me go, because you care about us and we’re too young to run away from home and such but please Pinkie….” Before he could even bat an eye, the pink mare had placed him back down and took a moment to run behind the counter before returning to him with a small bag. He looked inside it and to his delight there was a large stash of cupcakes and drinks. He looked up at Pinke with a smile, jumping into her hooves while hugging her tight. “Thank you Auntie Pinkie!”

Jessica was starting to feel left out and was obviously getting bored of standing at the door so she walked over to her brother who was occupied hugging Pinkie Pie, she took a moment to look in the bag, her own face filling with a wide smile. “W-Wow Pinkie you’ve given us so much thank you but won’t you get in trouble with Mr & Mrs Cake?” She raised a brow thinking ahead before taking such a large bag of treats.

After she had finished her tight hug with Flam she placed him back on the ground turning her sight to Jessica. “Oh no It’s no problem! I’ll make sure to take the bill out of my own bits!”

Jess Kicked the ground with her hoof feeling bad for asking for more bits knowing the mare just gave them what looked like a very expensive set of goodies. “Uh Pinkie we came here because well…..We don’t have the bits to pay our way to Canterlot and we were hoping you might help us?” Flam not wanting to leave his sister alone in her stand to ask for bits, stood next to her with a smile “Please Auntie Pinkie…”

Pinkie Pie now looking down at the filly and colt, placed a hoof upon her chin tapping it with a quick pace. After a short time she placed her hoof on the ground she trotted back behind the counter and opened the register.  She looked over to the colt and filly with a smile. “Okay how many bits do you need?” She clearly was breaking the rules but she seemed determined to help the two of them, so she just stood by and smiled awaiting their answer.

Flam stepped forward before his sister could, simply not wanting to take more than was needed. “Ten bits should be enough Pinkie, thank you….” The pink mare placed the bits into a small leather pouch after grabbing it from under the counter. After the bag was full she closed the counter, placing the bits in the bag of treats. “Good luck to you both, I’ll miss you so please come back and see me again. I’ll throw you a party when you get back!” She smiled hugging Flam and Jess before placing them on the ground.

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After a short trot the two had returned to the train station, their saddlebags full of goodies and bits. They walked back onto the train platform, wide smiles on both their faces. Jess walked up to the ticket seller, who was a large stallion this time. His coat was a light brown with a grey mane and eyes to match. Placing the twenty bits on the counter, she placed the five bits she had left back into her saddle bag. “Two one-way tickets to Canterlot please.”

The Stallion collected the bits, placing them into the till. He printed out the tickets and passed the two tickets to the filly. “Enjoy your trip you two.” He smiled at them giving them a nod.

Flam jumped in excitement, hugging his sister while letting out a giggle. “We get to go to Canterlot and leave this hellhole forever!” Jess hugged her brother back with an even bigger smile than before. “I told you we would get help from Auntie Pinkie!” The two walked up to the train, showing their tickets to the conductor. He nodded, approving their entry to the train. After walking inside the two climbed into their seats. As they got comfy Flam grabbed his sister in a tight hug. “Thank you Jess...You’ve made me the happiest colt in Equestria!”

After a couple minutes of the colt and filly getting comfy the train started to move. The engineers of the train gave the horn a loud toot as they began moving. It was a long journey ahead and this was just the beginning.