Chapter 3

"Excuse me!"

I turned around and spotted Princess Twilight followed by her friends, approaching Blitz and myself. I rolled my eyes at Blitz, causing him to giggle a bit before I turned around and gave her a bow of respect.

"How might I help you Princess?" I asked, keeping my head down.

"Please rise." she said, and I did so. "I am not used to the respect yet."

"I am sure it will come to you in time." I said as well mannered as I could. She just frowned at me, so I dropped the act and spoke to her normally. "But seriously, how can I help?"

"I was just wondering If I could have a few words with you?" she asked, looking over me.I sighed, knowing what she wanted to talk about. So I turned to face Blitz and sat down.

"Hey bro. Can you please go and play while I talk with the princess here?" I asked. He gave me a nod before turning and trotting over to the play fort that was in the park. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked as I turned my neck to face Twilight.

"I was hopeing that you could tell my friends and I how you became in such a condition?" she asked while gesturing to my bruises with a concerned look on her face. I looked past her and saw her friends also all looked at me concerned. I put a forehoof up to my head and sighed.

"Look girls, I appreciate the care and all, but what happened that night I would like to forget. I mean no disrespect, especially to you Princess, but can you all please just not talk about it. I am aware of my brothers and my injuries, but its to late to prevent them now. All I can do is make sure we get better." I said as I looked away again and closed my eyes.

I could almost hear them all frown in disappointment.

"Did somepony do this to you two?" Twilight persisted, causing me to frown.

"Ok, I am being serious now. Please, drop the subject." I asked as I tried to keep my frustration out of my tone.

"We can help you. If you will just..." she began, but I cut her off.

"Princess, Please." I asked, my frustration getting worse. She was pushing my limits, and I was getting angry about it.

But she just would not leave me alone.

"Just give me a name. And I will make sure that the pony that did this to you will see justice." she said.

"You can't! Even with all of you new political power and new title, You can't do anything! So just leave me alone!!!" I shouted before getting up, throwing my saddlebags on and beginning to walk away.

Everypony in the park was looking at me with a shocked expression, but I quite frankly did not care. I had a bigger problem as of that moment.

"Blitz, we have to go, now." I said as I made it to the play fort.

"Already?" he asked with a sad look.

I sighed, trying to get the frustration out of my system. "Yeah bro, something has happened." I said. He looked disheartened, but we really needed to leave the area as soon as we could.

He jumped off of the play fort and followed me out of the park. We walked for a few minutes in silence, but I was busy concentrating on getting out of the area.

"Snow, why were you angry at the princess?" Blitz asked.

I stopped walking and sat down. "I'm sorry bro. I know that you think that she is amazing, but she was sticking her nose in places where she shouldn't have been, and I let my frustration get the better of me. Now come on, we need to get moving." I said as I got back up and continued walking.

"Snow? You're not telling me something. Why are we in such a hurry all of a sudden?" he asked.

"Look Blitz, I will..." I began, but stopped as I saw something that made me tense with fear.

Thinking quickly, I quickly grabbed Blitz, threw him onto my back and galloped into the closest alley. I then stopped behind a dumpster and hid us as best as I could.

"What the hay!" Blitz exclaimed, but I gestured to him to keep quiet.

We sat there for a moment, just being as quiet as possible. Blitz looked confused, but I was just trying to listen as best as I could.

Soon, I heard the sounds of heavy hoofsteps that were accompanied by the sound of clinking armour.

'Guard's' I thought to myself as I heard them all stop outside of the ally.

"Alright Stallion's, Sir Shirehorn has given us orders to find his son. I felt Snowfall's magic in this town, so I want you to all spread out and find him at any cost."

"Yes, Sir!"

I then heard the sound of multiple sets of armour and hoofsteps moving away in different directions.

"Who are..." Blitz began, but I gestured to him to be more quiet. "Who were those ponies?" he asked in a much more quiet tone.

"Sorry about throwing you onto my back bro. Anyway, those guards belong to a division of unicorn guards that our father invests in." I said in the same level of volume as Blitz.

"But how did they know that you were here?" he asked.

"Because... When I yelled at Princess Twilight, I accidentally flared my magic. I guess that they also have access to the tracking spell that father put on me, which makes us running away a whole lot harder." I explained. I watched as Blitz began to shake a bit, so I put a hoof around him. "But I am sure that we will be fine. I just need to be more careful in future."

"But how are we going to get out of here now?" he asked.

'How indeed?' I asked myself, but I could not say that to Blitz. "I'll figure something out." was what I said instead.

I closed my eyes and began to think to myself.

'So, if I can be traced by magically, I need to somehow fake my magical energy being elsewhere. If I can do that, I might be able to throw them off.' I thought to myself. 'How the hay am I going to do that!?' I put a hoof to my chin as I continued to think about my strategy.

"Anything yet?" Blitz asked, sounding hopeful.

"I'm working on it." I said as I continued to think. But the truth was, I was having a bit of trouble thinking of any way to outsmart anypony.

"I know that you will think of something Snow, you always do. Thats why I think that you should have been Celestia's student." Blitz said encouragingly. "It's just a pity that we cant just teleport or something, that would..."

"Teleport?" I said to myself. I was then hit with an idea so hard it should have knocked me out could. "Blitz, you are just the best, you know that." I said as I picked him up and hugged him.

I set him back down and saw that he just looked confused.

"Don't you get it? A teleport." I said enthusiastically.

"Uh, last I checked, that won't work. Father and those guards will trace you the moment you use it." Blitz said in a 'Duh' sort of tone.

"I said 'A' teleport. I will try and infuse some of my magic into a rock or something and place a spell on it so it will discharge that magic after I teleport 'it'. The only downside to this plan is, I will need at least a few seconds to place the spell and teleport the object." I explained.

"Do you think you can do it?" Blitz asked. I just gave him a nod before looking around for something to teleport.

Eventually, I found a decent sized stone underneath the dumpster and dragged it out with my forehooves before placing it between Blitz and myself.

"You ready?" I asked. he gave me a nod, and that was all the motivation I needed.

I looked at the stone and activated my magic, I then began to slowly pour a portion of my magic into the stone while trapping it there with a spell. I watched as the stone began to lift itself off of the ground and float between us, ice blue glyphs appearing on its surface.

I smiled, but that smile soon faded as I heard shouting and the sound of ponies in armour running to where Blitz and I were.

I shook of the shock and concentrated on my task. I then began to envelop the stone in an ice blue aura as I concentrated my magic around it.

"He in this alley!" I heard one of the guards shout, causing me to concentrate harder. I cleared my mind and thought of that which memory makes my magic work best.

I felt a cold felling wash over me. I heard a 'whoosh' followed by a 'pop', and when I opened my eyes, the stone was gone.

I quietly listened for a moment again, waiting for anything.

"Damn it! The darn kid teleported!" I heard one of the guards shout in anger.

"Do you know where to sir?" asked another guard.

...

"Manehattan. I felt his magic discharge in Manehattan after his teleport." the first guard pony said.

"Sir, if I may, I thought that Sir Shirehorn said that his son could not do very many spells, let alone teleport." the second guard said.

"I know. Look, lets just find the kid so we can be done with this terrible job. I hate working for that stuck up snob that pays our bills." the first guard said.

I then heard another 'whoosh' followed by a 'pop', signifying that they had left. I let out a large sigh of relief.

"Are you alright Snow?" I looked to Blitz and saw that he was looking at me with a concerned look in his eyes. "You look very upset. Did something bad happen?"

I then realized that I had tears in my eyes.

"Yeah bro, I'm fine." I told him before I sniffed a bit and wiped both of my eyes with a forehoof.

"Snow, why are you crying?" Blitz persisted.

"Yeah?"

I jumped as I heard the voice behind me. I spun around and saw Pinkie Pie was sitting behind Blitz, also looking concerned.

"Where the hay did you come from?" I asked.

"Are you sad? I don't like it when ponies are sad. When I see a pony all sad, it makes me feel all sad. So I do what I can to cheer them up. But I don't know what..." the pink pony continued to ramble on.

"You can stop now." I said in a bored tone of voice.

"... And why is it so cold in this ally. Look, there is even some snow surrounding you. But that is not right because we are in the middle of summer, and it only snows in winter. And its not winter until..." she continued, much to my irritation.

"Pinkie, I get it." I said, but she just continued to ramble on.

"... and then you yelled at my friend Twilight, and she was just trying to help you. Are you like that to everypony that tries to help you? I bet you are, which makes you a big meanie, that is unless, you have had something bad happen to you that made you stop trusting others. Oh no, you must be even more hurt than we thought..."

"Pinkie!" I shouted, but she just continued and there was no stopping her.

I shook my head and picked Blitz up before putting him onto my back. I then left the ally with a bit more speed than a normal walk. But to my dismay, the hyperactive pony began to follow us, still going on about whatever she was talking about. I picked up my pace, and she also followed suit, so I stopped and turned to face her.

"Look Pinkie, my brother and I need to go now. So I guess that..." I began, but she cut me off.

"Oh no, you aren't going to leave are you. My friends said something about a plan to try and get you to talk to them or something, but I am sure that..." she began rambling again.

'Wait, try and make me talk? How do they think they are going to do that?' I asked myself.

I ended up becomeing so in thought about what I had just heard Pinkie that I did not see the pole I was walking straight for, and because I had a bit of speed in my walk...

*KLUNG*

"Ow." I said, rubbing my head. Pinkie had fallen over in laughter, and Blitz fell off of my back, joining her. "Ugh, why me?"

"AHAHAHAHA!!! Snow, how did you miss that!?!" Blitz exclaimed between laughs.

"Yeah yeah, laugh it up shorty." I groaned before picking him back up and slinging his laughing form over my back and continuing to walk. I just left Pinkie to continue to laugh on her own.

I continued to walk for a few minutes, thinking about my new found knowledge of having guards now pursuing me.

'Does this technically make me wanted? The more I avoid authorities, the more wanted I will end up becoming if the guards my father invests in ask for assistance on my capture.' I thought to myself. 'Great, I a Celestia-damned outlaw.'

"Snow? You aren't too mad about me laughing at you, are you?" Blitz asked, breaking me from my thoughts.

"Nah don't worry about that bro." I said as I brushed of his concern. I felt Blitz rear up on my back and place his forehooves on top of my head to support himself as he peered over my head.

"Look Sweetiebelle, that colt doesn't have a cutie mark!" I looked in the direction of the shout and saw two fillies looking in our direction. One was a white unicorn with a pink and purple mane, and the other was a yellow earth pony that had a red man and a big red bow.

"Come on Applebloom, maybe he will want to join our club." said the small white unicorn, Within a second, the two fillies had basically appeared next to me and were showering Blitz with to many questions for me to even be able to understand.

Eventually, they ended their little rant with "THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!" and them striking goofy poses.

"Sure, I would love to join... But that is if my brother will let me." Blitz said looking to me with a hopeful smile.

"Uh... sure?" I said, as I tried to figure out how Blitz even understood what they said in the first place.

"YAY! Thanks Snow, I meet you later!" Blitz said before leaping off my back and running off with the two fillies.

I wore a look of confusion as I watched them gallop off into the distance. I had no idea at what I had just agreed to.

"Don't ya worry none there sugarcube, Your brother will be fine with them." I turned and saw the orange mare with the blond mane and tail that was with princess Twilight earlier. "Ah don't suppose ya could lend a hoof?" she asked. She was pulling a cart load of apples behind her.

"Um, sure. What do you need?" I asked while walking up to her.

"Ah need ta take this load of apples ta my brother in town fer sellin. I need ya ta help me pull." she explained.

"Oh, alright." I walked over beside the orange mare and slipped the harness over my head.

"Thank ya kindly mister. By the way, names Applejack."

"Nice to meet you Applejack, but you know who I am." I said.

"Ah know. My friends and I are real sorry fer makin ya all mad before. We didn't mean to. We just wanted ta help is all." Applejack said solemnly.

I felt a wave of guilt wash over me, causing me to lower my head.

"And I didn't mean to loose my temper. It's, just not something that I want to talk about." I said.

"Its alright pardner. Ah will respect yer privacy." She said as she patted me on the back. "Now, lets get a move on. These apples wont pull themselves."

"Alright. Lets go." and with that, Applejack and I began to pull the cart the rest of the way into town.

Author's Note

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