Love and Slavery.

Edited by Cartoonfan20.

Chapter 6. Survival, Rescue.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T GO DOWN THERE!" Twilight yelled at the guards.

"Rebel humans have been known to be in these canyons." The Captain said "Until I know this area isn't crawling with Human's I will not send anypony down there."

"YOU SEND DOWN A RESCUE TEAM DOWN THERE NOW OR SO HELP ME!" Twilight yelled.

"I am sorry Princess, but I will not put anypony into danger."

Twilight glared at the Captain "You. Do. It. Right. Now!" It was at this point Twilight's mane was on fire as her eyes were glowing red.

"I understand your friend is down there, But I cannot put these guards in danger, As much as I want to rescue miss Applejack from this canyon, I cannot allow these guards to walk into a trap, If I did that I would be breaking protocol." She said.

Twilight's mane and eyes went back to normal as she stared at the Captain "Captain, if you won't go down there, then I will." She turned to only be stopped by more guards.

"I can't let you do that Princess." The Captain said "You two round up the Princess’s friends and don't let them out of your sight." She looked back at Twilight "And you will remain with them till backup has arrived."

"You can't do that!" Twilight said.

"I can, I have order's from Princess Celestia to keep you safe." She said "And that's what I plan on doing."

The guards walked her over to her friends.

"Any luck?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"No, until backup has arrived they can't do anything."

"Then we'll have to do something about." Rarity said as she smirked "Oh guards!"

The snow fell down to the ground as cars laid wrecked on the ground as smoke filled the snowy air.

A cough could be heard from within one of the cars. Matt slowly opened his eyes as he felt the cold air sting his eyes as they opened. He rubbed them to try and get them warm as he slowly got up, but stopped when he felt something heavy lay on his chest.

He looked down and saw a blond mane covering the orange mare. The memories of what happened came flooding into his mind as he snapped back in to reality.

He could feel the cold air getting colder and the young mare before him would freeze if he didn't get a fire started.

He laid the mare on his side as he got up only to feel a sharp pain run through his left arm making him yelp in pain. He looked at his arm to see a metal rod sticking out of his arm.

He muffled his mouth as he yanked his arm as he muffled his scream. He nearly passed out from the pain. He held his arm as he tried to stop the blood from leaking out.

He noticed a towel near him and grabbed it and wrapped it tightly around his arm to stop the bleeding. Once he stopped the bleeding he looked around the wreckage looking for whatever he could get his hands on.

He found some blankets, Water and food for them to survive on if they had to stay here for a few nights. He found some broken wood and placed them into a pile and pulled out the matches’ he found in a cart as he lit the fire. He looked at the unconscious mare as he pulled out a blanket and wrapped them around her and that's when he noticed her hoof, it was bruised and had a long cut running alongside it.

He placed a rag around her leg making sure not to wake her. His body hurt, He could feel his mind wanting to shut down but fought ageist it. He moved towards the side as he fought the pain running through his arm as he started to build.

The wind blew across the canyon as five colorful ponies made their way through the snow.

"It's a good thing we're using this shield or we might be freezing right now." Rarity said glad she didn't have to feel the cold air against her skin.

"We need to hurry and find Applejack! Being stuck inside this bubble isn't helping us find her any quicker!" Dash said frustrated and worried.

"Don't worry Dash, As long as we keep going straight we will find them very soon." Twilight said keeping her eyes forwards as she continued to walk through the deep snow.

"Please let her be alright." Dash thought "If anything has happened to her I’ll never forgive myself."

"OVER HERE!" They all heard a male's voice say, making the five mares eyes go wide "I-Is that Matt?"

The snow blew all-round the human as he pulled a planks of wood across the snow.

"G-Got to keep going." He thought as he tried to keep his mind warm as his body was becoming colder by the second.

With the pain in his arm and the cold air stinging his lungs, He began to wonder how much longer he could go on.

He looked at the wooden planks he put together. There lying on the back was Applejack covered in a bunch of blankets as he knew that would help her remain warm.

He fell to his knees as the pain in his arm grew worst as the cold began take it's affect as his eyes began to grow heavy. He then saw a purple light in front of him "T-That must be the rescue team."

"OVER HERE!" He yelled out. His smile grew as he saw that the rescue team was none other than Applejack's friends.

As they got closer towards the two, he collapsed into the ground as his last thoughts were of Applejack crying, Then darkness.

"Applejack!" Dash yelled removing the blanket's from the figure underneath "S-She's injured!"

Twilight looked at Applejack as she noticed her leg was wrapped up "I-It looks like Matt wrapped her wounds."

"Twilight Matt's bleeding badly!" Rarity yelled as she searched the young human as she saw the blood from his side leaking out into the snow turning it dark red.

Twilight quickly rushed over towards the two, she noticed his arm was wrapped in a cloth. She placed her horn down towards his arm and used her magic "He pulled her with his arm and side wounded."

"W-What's goin' on?" They heard a familiar voice.

"AJ!" Dash yelled pulling her into a hug.

"Dash, W-Why are we surrounded by snow?" Applejack asked noticing the snow around them.

"You fell with the car and down into this canyon." Dash said.

"Hold on everypony, I'm teleporting us all back." Twilight said using her magic.

"I want everypony down in that canyon now!" The Captain yelled "Find the Princess!"

"What about me ma'am?" A guard asked.

"You’re on clean up duty." She said glaring at the guard "Go, before I smack you!"

He quickly took off leaving the Captain alone "Ma'am! Princess Celestia wishes to see you!"

"W-When did she get here?" The Captain felt fear run through her body.

"S-She just got here; S-She's waiting in the tent." The guard said.

"Thank you solider." She made her way towards the tent and opened it up to see Princess Celestia sitting on a pillow as she was speaking with her own guards.

"I want Twilight and her friend's found at once." She said as she noticed the Captain stepping into the tent "Leave us." She said as the guards left the two alone "I am aware that Twilight left on her own behalf."

"I tried to keep her here but my idiot guard fell for their tricks." The Captain said.

Celestia chuckled "When Twilight has her mind set on something; it’s hard to stop her. Especially when her friends are in danger." She said looking away from the captain "This wasn't the work of human's," She looked back at the Captain "Three ponies were seen boarding the train and haven't been seen since."

"So? They could have been near the explosion."

"I fear they placed the bomb on board in order to harm Twilight." Her anger began to show on her face "You are the only one I can trust Night Fire, You have been honest and have been doing your best to protect Twilight, But now I call on your help, help me find out who is trying to hurt Twilight."

"I will do my best your highness, I will find out who is trying to harm the Princess." She said bowing "I shall not fail you."

"I know you won't." She said with a smile "Now, I believe you need to find Twilight befor-" Celestia's words were cut off as a blinding light blinded the two as they shielded from each other.

"That worked." Twilight said surprised her spell worked as they were inside a tent.

"What do you mean that worked!?" Rarity asked surprised.

"I've never teleported more than just me and Spike before, I'm just surprised I managed to get us all her-" Before Twilight could finish her sentence she felt her body be pulled into a hug.

"I am glad you are safe." Twilight's eyes went wide as she couldn't believe her former mentor was hugging her. She felt the hug end as she looked at her former mentor "Oh my, what happened?"

Twilight snapped out of her shock as she looked at her Applejack who noticed Matt laying on the ground still knocked out "Twilight, he stop breathing." Rarity said looking at her worried.

"Quick, take him to the medical tent!" Celestia said as Twilight and her friend's lifted him up and quickly took them off towards the tent.

"Princess, you do know no pony will help him." Night Fire said looking at her.

"They will, or they will find themselves locked away." She said walking out of the tent.

Applejack watched as the doctor finished up stitching up the wound on her leg.

"How's Matt doin'?" She asked noticing Twilight walk into the tent.

"They got him breathing again but they are taking him to Canterlot to get him better treatment." Twilight said "Celestia went with him to make sure he gets the best treatment." She moved towards them as the doctor made his way out of the tent leaving the two alone "I am glad to see you came out of this alive." She said pulling Aj into a hug. Applejack smiled and hugged back.

"Ah wouldn't have made it without Matt." She said a she felt Twilight pull away.

"About Matt, when we found you he was pulling you across the snow while he nearly froze to death." She said "It's a good thing Braeburn bought him when he did or else what happened tonight could have been worse."

She sighed "Matt shouldn't have done any of that, All he had ta do was build a fire and try and keep warm." Applejack said "Yet, Ah am thankful Matt did what he did."

"Alright Miss Applejack, We'll need to remain off your hoof for a while till your wound has fully healed." The Doctor said as he brought in a wheelchair "Till then you'll have to remain in a wheelchair for at least a week."

"Ah'll just walk without it." She said going to get up only to have Twilight use her magic to stop the mare "Let me go Twi!"

"Applejack, you need to listen to the doctor and stay off your leg." Twilight said as she placed her in the wheelchair "I know you don't like listening to the doctor's but please listen to me, just do as he says."

She sighed knowing full well Twilight wouldn't let her leave the wheelchair "Twi, Ya know Ah can't stay like this, Ah have so much ta do before Apple Bucking season begins."

"We'll help out as much as we can, we stick together." Twilight said giving her a warm smile "And I know Dash will be there to help you out."

This made Applejack chuckling as she knew she was right. Dash wouldn't leave her side till she made a full recovery "Speakin' of Dash, Where is she?"

"They are waiting for us on the train." Twilight said wheeling her friend out of the tent.

The two walked outside "The train is ready for us to leave Princess." The Captain said looking at Twilight and Applejack.

"Thank you Captain." Twilight pushed the wheelchair towards the train.

Matt's eyes slowly fluttered opened as he heard a heart monitor.

He felt a pain run through his body "I see you have awakened." He heard the soft voice speak as he turned his head and looked to see Princess Celestia standing there with concern in her eyes as she sat next to his bed. His heart began to race as she sat there.

Celestia noticed the heart monitor beginning to go faster "Calm yourself, you are safe here." She said with a soft smile.

"I-Is Applejack alright?" He asked remembering his mother's words.

"She is fine; she is right now coming here with the others." She said "You can rest easy, you had a long day." She stood "When Applejack arrives; I will have her come here to check up on you." She made her way towards the door "Oh, and if you need anything, Please don't hesitate to ask." She opened the doors and left Matt with his thoughts.

He looked at the Iv in his hand and in his arm as he thought about what would become of him. With his arm broken would he be able to work again? Or would he be sold again?

His thoughts were interrupted as the door opened up "I have some food here for yo- Matthew! It's so great to see you again!" Before he could get a good look at the girl he was pulled into a hug.

To Be Continued.