Romantic Getaway (Sort of)

Flash and Twilight got back to the cave where they stayed the day before with a bag full of berries.

"Okay Twilight, we need to remember we can't just survive off berries. We are going to need fruits, or something... else." Shoot! I shouldn't have said that! She is going to get worried now!" Twilight started to get scarred..

"F- Flash... I c- can't eat... them..."

"Twilight just stay calm, I'm sure we will find some other food on the way."

I hope so... If we were forced to eat... 'that', it would break her heart.

"I'm sorry I brought it up... It just kind of spilled out."

"No Flash... It's okay." She had an accepting smile on her face.

"Well,  the water is ready, let me know if you need a drink." Flash said.

"Alright, will do Flash."

"Alright, now for that inventory check."

Flash took off his saddlebags and took everything out of the one he crammed everything into. Then, he spread it out on the floor.

Flash had a half role of bandages, a couple band-aids, stitches and a needle, and some alcohol in his med-kit, a compass, a 10 inch knife, the bottle of water, and a pocket watch.

"This is bad..."

"What is it?" .

"Well... I don't have a lot of bandages left. We just need to mindful of that."

"Alright..."

"Well, everything else is in order, my pocket watch says it's around 1100, let's get moving." "Wait, your watch and compass still work?"

"Yup, they're waterproof." Flash winked at her. Twilight blushed.

"Um... uuh, well you said we are heading west, let's go! Heh..." Twilight said nervously, hiding her blush with her mane. Flash packed up everything back in his bag, put it on, and they were off heading west. That is... until Twilight thought of something. After everything... the Vaculists, almost freezing to death... the berries. Should I tell him? I know it's against the royal order... But we might not even make it back... I... I... I have to, but what if he rejects me? He has shown some liking towards me, but I don't know if it was just from awkwardness, or he does really like me... Twilight thought for a second and before she knew it...

"Flash wait." Twilight commanded.

Flash turned back. "What is it Twilight? We are all ready to go." Flash said.

"Flash... um... Before we continue, I need to uh, tell you that, um... oh jeeze. How do I put this... I really... um."

"Twilight?" She blushed, and was circling the ground with her hoof.

"Well... uh..." Twilight took a deep breath.

"Flash... I... I-"

"Wait... Twilight stop talking."

"But... but I..."

"Listen..."

Twilight stood her ears straight up. They wiggled once they heard it. Twilight knew that sound and gasped It was the sound of slithering.

"There! Run Twilight!" Flash pointed toward the disturbance in the snow and yelled, and was now dashing along with Twilight through the forest. They ran from the cave, and into the thickly forested area. They were closing in on them, and one of them tried to lunge at Flash out of the snow. Flash saw it with his advanced vision, and pulled on a branch and released it, and hit the Vaculist sending it flying. They continued running for their lives, however the snow was getting thicker, and then they ran into an open area.

"Damn it! A clearing!" Twilight shouted.

"What are we going to do!?"

Twilight knew what had to be done, and she didn't like it one bit. "Flash, you know exactly what to do." Twilight said, with a frown.

"Twilight... You want to fight?..." Flash said in between breaths. "Flash, we can't hide in this clearing, and the snow is too deep, we have to." Twilight said. Flash looked around the clearing. There was nowhere to hide. It looks like our only option... While still running, Flash gave Twilight his knife and she grabbed it. "But Flash... you..." Twilight looked worried. "You need it more than I do, I know how to throw a punch."

Twilight nodded at him, as they stopped in their tracks in the snow. They then turned around to face the Vaculists. The Frost Vipers slowed down, as they were approaching their prey. "Okay Twilight, they attack by lunging, don't let their fangs connect with you in any way. If they lunge, duck and get them from behind."

"Got it Flash." Twilight said as she got into a defensive stance with the knife. So did Flash.

One of Vaculists approached under the snow and surfaced. It lunged at Twilight and she ducked and slashed with the knife as hard as she could. It split in two, and was spassing on the ground. Another one dashed at Flash from underneath, he jumped out of the way and punched it's mid section. It flinched, then proceeded to lunge at him again. Flash slid under it, grabbed it and slammed it down into the snow and stomped on it's head. There was one more, it proceeded towards Twilight, but then turned to face Flash, it lunged forward and tackled him to the ground. He was thrashing trying to get it off. Twilight rushed to help her friend, and used the knife to put a huge gash into the Viper's skin. It then stopped thrashing, and got off. It attempted to crawl away, but Twilight put in one final blow, and it ceased movement.

"That was... Close... Flash... You alright?" She asked in between breaths. Flash stood up with a look of distress. "F- Flash?" Twilight asked nervously. Flash was shaking and breathing heavily. Flash held up his arm slowly and looked at it. There, right in front of him was a bite mark in the form of two pricks on his wrist. Twilight noticed this and Flash fell in the snow, his arm shaking violently and breathing heavily. She then rushed towards him, with tears in her eyes.

NO! DAMN IT YOU CAN'T DIE!!! Twilight knelt over him as he was laying there, then he grabbed her hoof and spoke. "Twilight! Listen to me! You- AGH!! You need to get the venom out before it... reaches my heart!" Flash was struggling to breath.

"Flash... W- What do I need to do..." She asked. "The average time for the venom to kill is... three minutes. It's working it's way up my arm as we speak."

"Flash... I.. I..."

"Twilight, you need to take the knife and sever the artery the venom is traveling up. There should be a faint purple streak on my arm..."

Twilight saw this, and took the knife in her hoof. "I see it..." She followed the artery it was traveling through up his arm, and found where to cut. She put the knife to it, and hesitated. "Twilight do it!" Flash shouted. He was now shaking from shock.

Twilight put pressure on it, and made a large cut on Flash's arm. Flash gripped the snow below him and screamed in pain. "Twilight, you have too... Agh! Suck the... venom out or it will travel to another artery, then spit it out and DO NOT swallow!" Twilight listened closely as she put her mouth to where she cut and started to suck the venom out. Afterwards, she spit it out onto the snow. She could feel how vile it was through taste, so she knew once she couldn't taste it anymore, they were safe. She took in and spit out the poison for one minute, then she took some snow in her mouth, and washed it out. She was sweating furiously, so was Flash.

"F- Flash... are you... okay?" She asked nervously.

"Yeah, my arm feels normal. A bit numb, but that's what happens after the venom is extracted. " Flash had a sigh of relief, and wiped some sweat off his forehead.

"Thank you Twilight. You... saved me." Flash said as he smiled at her. Flash was still laying down, and Twilight hugged him with all her might.

"Flash... I thought you were. You... were..." Twilight started crying. Flash hugged her back.

"Twilight, I'm here, I'm alright. I'm not going anywhere." He tried to assure her. They stayed like that for a couple more seconds, then Flash spoke up. "You alright?" Flash asked as he looked at her face. Twilight nodded her head. "Great job extracting the poison. Many other ponies at Aspire cracked under pressure and couldn't do it, but you save my life."

"I'm just glad your okay..." She said and hugged him again. Then Flash asked a question. "Twilight, what... was it you were going to tell me before we were attacked?" "Oh... um... I... Don't know if... Maybe it can wait..." Twilight blushed. Flash tried to reassure her. "Come on you can tell me." He said.

Flash smiled at her again.

We were just attacked, he almost died... I didn't even tell him... I must... I have too...

Twilight hesitated but she thought for a few more seconds. Flash... will understand if he doesn't feel the same way right? I am over reacting, he won't get mad at me... He's a good stallion, he will understand.

"F- Flash... I... This is harder than I thought..." She was breathing heavily.

"Hey, you can tell me anything Twilight." Flash said, putting a hoof on her shoulder. Twilight took a deep breath. "Okay... okay... Flash, ever since I, met you after I came out of that portal, I have always um... I..." JUST CUT TO THE CHASE!

"I... I..." Twilight held Flash's hoof, and he looked surprised. Flash...I... I love you... Flash. You have protected me, comforted me, ensured I was going to be alright. You gave me hope... something I always needed... And for that... I..." Twilight looked at Flash. He was in total shock. His eyes wide open and his mouth agape.

"You... you mean that? Twilight?" Flash asked.

"Every word." Twilight confirmed.

"I just... we may die out here, and I just wanted to tell you before-" Flash put a hoof to her mouth.

"Twilight, don't think like that... To be honest with you, I was going to tell you... the same thing..."

"What? You mean... you feel the same way?" Twilight asked. Flash still holding her hoof.

"Well to be honest, when I saw you that first time, I didn't really feel the same. But when I was appointed your personal guard, and we got to be good friends, I started to like you more and more." Flash said.

Twilight didn't know what to say, so, she didn't say anything. She didn't realize how close they were to each other, and she started to lean closer, so did Flash. Flash took both of her hooves in his, lent in, and kissed her. This wasn't just some regular kiss on the hoof like a normal guard or royal would do. This wasn't on the cheek, this was pure, something else. But then, Twilight remembered. The one thing that kept them apart. The one thing that is separating them.

The law.

As mush as Twilight hated it, she shoved him away. And Flash had a worried look on his eyes. "Flash... I'm sorry... but you know this... can't happen-" She was interrupted by a hug. "Twilight, I don't give two bucks about the government. As long as your with me... for as long as I live... I don't care." Twilight smiled. "Flash... I'm sorry I shouldn't have..."

"Twilight, it's alright. I understand why you are worried... What about Celestia? She is your mentor, she loves you very much, so maybe she will understand..." Twilight hugged Flash and smiled. "You're a terrible liar." She began to cry again. She was smiling, but she still felt sad. She didn't know what to think.

Flash hugged her back. He didn't know what to think of this either... But then his mind went back to the situation when he saw what was behind her.

"Twilight... behind you." Twilight tilted her head up and looked behind her. She saw an abnormally large cloud, but it was far. Very far.

"Looks like quite the storm... Do you want to head back to the cave?" Twilight suggested.

"Hmm... It's pretty far... By my estimation, it should arrive in...

"24 hours..." They both said in unison.

They both blushed and Twilight started making circles with her hooves.

"You know, you're cute when you do that." Flash smiled at her.

"Heheh... heh..." Twilight laughed nervously.

"Anyways... the storm won't be here until tomorrow, so we can still travel west and make a shelter, or if we're lucky, find one."

"Okay Flash." Twilight responded.

Twilight and Flash continued onward. Hoping to ride out the storm that approaches them, and find civilization.