Romantic Getaway (Sort of)

After he heard the explosion, Flash wasn't sure what was happening. His vision was black, and he couldn't feel anything, until, a bright light was beginning to consume him. Before he knew it, he was falling out of the sky, 1000 feet in the air it looked like.

"Wh- What... AGH!" He saw Twilight falling as well. He quickly regained his senses, and he was flapping his wings so he could get closer to her. Then, he realized how close the ground was. He was going to crash land, no doubt about that, but he had to catch the princess, who looked to be... Unconscious...

"Twilight!!!" No response. "TWILIGHT!!!" Still no response, he was getting closer. "TWILIGHT WAKE UP!!!!" She startled awake, as soon as she did, flash swooped her in his hooves. The sudden weight difference through him off balance, as he went spiraling toward the snow. Wait... Snow? He didn't care about that now, he put his back toward the ground to protect her as he crashed. He skidded across the snowy landscape.

It wasn't as bad as a landing as he thought, however the effort he was putting into his wings to land safely was excruciating.

When he came to a stop. All he could do was breathe.  Flash was safe, and Twilight was safe in his arms... Wait, she didn't get up yet? Flash was blushing. So was Twilight as she stood up. She put a hoof on her head as she felt a bit of pain there. "Twilight... you okay?"

"Yes Flash... I'm fine. Thank you." As she grunted, rubbing her forehead.

"What happened... And why are we in snow?" Flash asked, holding up a hoof full of it. Twilight gasped and looked around."Sweet

Celestia... It worked."

"Hold on Twilight, you did this?"

"Uh, hehe, I may have... yes." She said putting her arm around her neck.

"Care to explain?"

"Well, after that pegasai let me go I..." Twilight covered her mouth with her hooves and gasped.

"Hey. Twilight, don't worry about that right now, just focus on- AGH!" Flash gripped his wing with his hoof.

"Flash what's wrong!?"

"My wings, I think they are sprained, or maybe broken. I pushed them too hard to break your fall, and maybe that supposed fall wasn't as soft as I thought..."

"Flash I'm so sorry, this isn't-"

"Twilight stop, just calm down. I have some bandages in my packs." Flash grabbed some bandages out of his med kit he had in his saddle bags with his mouth. "Um, do you think you could uh... apply these on my wings?" Twilight blushed furiously. Normally, a female pegasai that preened a male's wings led to them... having a 'moment'. Twilight didn't think applying bandages was much different. Flash blushed too. "Uh, erm, Twilight it's not the same thing alright. Please, I just need them bandaged." He confirmed, and Twilight felt a bit relieved. "Um, alright Flash." Twilight isn't much of a medical pony, but she knows how to apply bandages. While she was giving Flash some medical attention, he spoke up. "Twilight, could you um... explain now. Let's start from the beginning, in your bedroom."

"Alright, um... What was his name? Oh right Shift. I remember him checking on me this morning shortly after I woke up. I told him I was fine, and thanked him, and right after he closed the door, the thugs intruded my room through a window I had open. I don't know how they weren't seen by anypony, but they managed to sneak through my window, and put a ring..." Twilight shivered. "It's alright Twilight, take your time." Twilight took a deep breath and continued. "They put a... ring on my horn after the leader put a knife to my neck. He said the ring would... explode if I used any magic." Flash was shocked.

That's why she wasn't defending herself! I knew something was up! "Twilight... I'm sorry, you shouldn't have had to go through that..." Flash said, but Twilight continued. "After that, they waited for somepony to enter so they could get a ransom." Flash nodded. "Okay, I got it, you don't have to tell me what happened after I entered. But what happened after those pegasai were going to shoot me?" Flash asked. "Well, I got you out of there with a teleportation spell." Flash was shocked again. "But... But how?" Flash asked.

"I read about the ring the thugs used on me, conveniently two nights before. It's a special artifact made for ancient bounty hunters. It was originally used for capturing criminal unicorns. Anyways, I found that it has an arm time of two seconds after a spell is cast with the horn it's on. The teleportation spell has a cast time of approximately one point seven seconds if you are a professional. I cast it, and the the ring blew up shortly after we disappeared."

"That explains it then... Wait..." Flash immediately thought of something. "What?.." Twilight asked, concerned. "Twilight, that other pegasai that was holding the knife- Your flank!!!!" Twilight suddenly realized her flank had been bleeding furiously ever since the pegasai used it on her, she was too distracted to realize the pain. "Twilight stop, my wings will be fine, lay down, let me help you."

"Um... Alright..."

"Man your neck looks a bit bad too, how did I not notice! Stupid. Stupid!" Flash was banging his head with his hooves. "Flash it's really

starting to hur- agh!" Twilight stung in pain, and gripped her flank.

"Okay, okay, just relax. I am gonna take a look- uh, if you're okay with it?" He asked nervously. "Flash it's fine." She confirmed, and Flash inspected her flank. "Oh man."

"What is it?"

"It looks pretty bad, you are lucky it doesn't need stitching. Hand me the bandages." Twilight handed him his bandages and he applied them as fast as he could. "Okay, alright that should do it, let me look at your neck." Twilight nodded, and bent her head up.  Flash was relieved. "Phew! It's alright, just needs band-aids." He grabbed some out of his med kit. After he applied them, he looked at her... with a sad look. He thought to himself...

How could somepony be so... sick to hurt her like this...

"Thank you Flash."

"Don't mention it Twilight. Now If you don't mind me asking, where are we?"

"Oh... Um, well... heh, ya see..."