Romantic Getaway (Sort of)

"YOU DON'T KNOW???" Flash shouted. "F- Flash I'm sorry" Twilight responded.

"Can't you teleport us back???"

"Flash, I tried already, but every time I do my head starts to hurt, really badly. I don't know what is happening." Twilight had a tad of sadness in her voice. Flash noticed this, and realized what he just did. "Twilight, I'm... I'm sorry for yelling at you like that." He apologized. "Flash, it's fine. I understand why you were mad at me." She responded. "No! I shouldn't be mad. This isn't your fault at all..." Twilight just smiled at him, but then she realized the scale of the situation. "Wait a minute... This means we are... We... are st- stranded here... Oh Galaxia!" Twilight started shivering. Then, she screamed at the top of her lungs. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!"

"Twilight! Calm down!" Flash shook her to get her attention. Then, she stopped screaming, and tried to breath slower. "Alright Twilight, just keep calm. We need to do something." Flash suggested. Twilight tried to remain calm. "So, what do you suppose we do? Do you have any ideas?" Twilight asked. "Well... I have been in a situation like this before actually, but I will tell you about that later. Anyways, if you are stranded like this, you always go in a single direction. Luckily I have a compass with me so we can keep track." Flash pulled a compass out of his pack. "Wow Flash, you certainly come prepared for anything." Twilight said. "Actually, this is my dads old compass. It was one of his most treasured items, and he gave it to me. That med kit I have is slandered equipment. All guards have one."

"So, which way do we go?" Twilight asked.

"I am not sure. Since I don't know which direction we were teleported away from Canterlot, I don't have an answer." Then Twilight spotted something far. "Wait, Flash look over there." Twilight pointed her hoof to a forest in the distance. "Flash, there is a forest over there! Do you think maybe that could help?" Twilight suggested. "I was thinking the same thing, we could set up camp under one of the trees, and maybe we could find some food too- oh... Damn it..."

"Wh- what is it?" Twilight asked nervously.

Buck! Buck! Buck! I forgot about this... How am I going to break it to her? She is going to be scared out of her mind! Oh and when she thinks about Fluttershy... Oh boy, this is going to be heavy.

"Flash?" Twilight became nervous.

Flash had to break some bad news to her. "Twilight, um... I hoped I wouldn't have to tell you this... but listen to me closely."

Twilight was listening, very nervous about what he is about to say.

"Twilight, we are stranded. In the middle of no where. What do you think we can eat?"

Twilight didn't like where this was going.

"Um, plants? Fruits and berries and stuff?"

"Twilight, I have been stranded before, and when I couldn't find berries, fruit, or any other healthy vegetation... I had to turn to... other means of food." Flash cringed. "F- Flash... Wait a minute! You... you ate a... You don't mean..."

"Twilight, if we can't find any vegetational sources of food, it's either us or... them. Do you understand?" Twilight was shaking. She had never considered she might have to eat... 'them'. Twilight nodded, and shortly after, Flash gave her a hug. "Flash, you know Fluttershy cares for animals... If she... If she discovered..." Twilight started to tear up. Fluttershy gave her heart to animals. Twilight couldn't face her after doing something like that. "Twilight, don't think like that. We will find some real food." Twilight nodded and took a large, deep breath. "Alright."

"Come on, let's get to that forest."

They started walking, and the forest looked to Flash to be about one and a half miles away. He estimated they would reach it in about an hour or two. While they were trotting, Twilight brought up a question. "Flash?" Twilight asked. "Huh? Yes?" He responded. "I mean, you don't have to tell me but... Would you tell me about, um, your experience? I mean it is going to be a long walk so I just figured..."

"Sure, it would pass the time." Twilight listened closely.

"Well. When I was younger, I was drafted into what was called, the League of Aspire, before I became a guard."

"Aspire? That old crime fighting organization?"

"So you know about us..."

Twilight knew completely who they were. The League of Aspire was founded to find ponies with special abilities, test them, and see if they could put them to further use by assisting in preventing crimes. It was however, very strict, and only the best were drafted in. "Wow, I just, never thought you were an Aspire member! That is, really amazing actually." Flash blushed. "But Flash, I have to ask, what 'special ability' did you have to be drafted in?"

"I have advanced peripheral vision. I can see things almost directly behind me without turning. It really assists in combat, and flying." Twilight was shocked. "Wait, stop." Twilight said. At first, Flash was going to question this, but then found out what she was doing. She trotted behind him.

"What am I doing right now?" Twilight was testing him. Flash found it adorable, and played along. "You are... covering both your eyes with your hooves? You are also shaking your tail. Twilight's jaw dropped to the ground. "Flash that's amazing!" Twilight complimented. "Thanks." He smiled at her. "Oh, Twilight? Not to pressure you or anything but, can you use your magic yet?" Twilight tried except she flinched a bit from pain. "No... Still nothing. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked if you keep getting head aches."

"Wait a minute! Twilight you are an Alicorn now! Can't you fly?"

"Sorry Flash, I just got these wings. I haven't even learned to sleep with them yet." Twilight and Flash chuckled. "Anyways tell me more about your story."

"Oh right. Eh em. After I was notified I could join the guild, I was put through a series of tests to see how my reflexes would fair in combat. Seeing if I could disarm opponents, catch projectiles like shuricans or knives, etc. The captains were pleased, so they put me through one final test. Surviving 3 days in the wilderness." Twilight gasped. "That's a bit over the top isn't it?" Twilight responded. "They needed to test my strength, to see if I was good enough. It was the biggest and most important test: Endurance. I was put in a different environment each day. Each one having different weather, terrain, and vegetation. Day one, I had to survive in a desert. Day two, a forest. Day three, mountains and taiga, which I am guessing is what we are in right now. I know how to survive in all these climates now. "Did... did you pass?" Twilight asked. "Yup, I did, and I ended up being drafted into the Canterlot guard when they took interest in my abilities. But I am currently still part of Aspire... here."

Flash handed Twilight an Aspire medal out of his pack. It was red with a blue trim and a blue dragon in the center breathing fire. "Flash, your story is... amazing! I never knew you were so... interesting!" (Hint hint, nudge nudge, wink wink. You get the idea.)

"Please Twilight you're making me blush." They both laughed, and realized they are nearing the forest.  "Well Twilight, we need shelter, food, water isn't a concern since there is plenty all around us, are you ready?" Twilight nodded. "Alright!"