Escape to the North

            "Princess Celestia?" Somepony's silent voice moved through the darkness.Was it Luna? No, she couldn't be. Maybe it was Grey?

       "Princess Celestia?" somepony was worried about her.

      "Princess? Are you ok?" The voice was louder.Celestia woke up, she was lying on the grass in front of the Gray's grave. Near her stood two soldiers in golden armors.

       "What happened?" the solar alicorn asked while getting up from the ground.

         "We found a white unicorn," said soldier pony.The fallen princess shook her head. She was half-conscious.

         "Did you see somepony else?" Celestia asked calm.One of the soldiers gulped.

      "Y..yes my lady. The purple alicorn, but..."  second soldier said in fear.

      "But she ran away," the first soldier moved toward and covered his friend.Celestia tried to figure out those news.

‘So we have Rarity, I guess. Hmm,. I think she can be very useful to us, ’she thought.

      "Show me her," she said and bypassed her soldiers.The two ponies were shocked. Their princess didn't punish them, she wasn't even angry. Maybe there is still hope to save her?

             'Let see, what do we have here," said Celestia, when she came closer to imprisoned Rarity.The unicorn was sitting in a middle of the small glade, surrounded by guards.

       "What are you doing here? I think you should be with wolves," the solar princess leaned forward and looked at Rarity's eyes.

        "It's not your business," Rarity hissed with hostility.Celestia went around the prisoner. Something caught her attention.

        "Where is your cutie mark?" she asked surprised.Rarity took deep breath.

       "As I said. It's not you business," the unicorn said sadly.

     "Hmm... Did Twilight take your power? Oooh, poor pony," the fallen princess stood in front of the white pony,The unicorn didn't answer. Celestia lit up her horn for few seconds then the magic ash disappeared.

       "Look at your side," said the princess and Rarity turned her head, afraid.

       "What?!" she opened her eyes widely. She had her cutie mark back. "How did you do that?" she asked shocked.

      "You can keep you magic, but you must help me," said the fallen princess.

        "What do you want?" Rarity looked at Celestia with hate.The solar alicorn smiled.

       "Where is Twilight?"

       "I don't know. She disappeared after we defeated the Werewolf," said the unicorn.

      "Why Were you hiding in bushes?" Celestia narrowed her eyes.Rarity lowered her head. She tried to come back to the wolves’ herd, but when she came to this place, she met soldiers in golden armors. She hid in bushes, but the branch broke under her hoof.

The princess seeing her silence, turned to her soldiers.

     "Move out. Pack yourself, and go to the North Region," she ordered and turned again to the unicorn. "You come with me. You could be useful" she said, and walked away.

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      "Daszkin!" yelled Wolfrim. Only echoes answered him. Wolf stood a few seconds, looking at dead trees in front of him.

      "DAASZKIN!" he yelled again, but this time louder.

      "I think he can't hear you," said Applejack with irony.Wolf smiled to her, and yelled again.

     "Szto?! Who are you?!" someone's shout come from the forest.

     "I think you were wrong," said Wolfrim mockingly. "Wolfrim! We came back!" he answered a stranger.

    "Wait for me! I'll be there in no time!" voice came from the woods again.

Few minutes later, a big, black wolf came out from bushes. Applejack thought, that this wolf was very old, because his fur had some grey hairs on his back and legs. His slow moves were showing, that his joints were hurting. His one blue eye was very calm. Too calm. Under an second's eye eyelid was shinning a thin red line. The health eye looked like, this wolf would die tomorrow. However Applejack noticed that there was something more. Something untouchable. She didn't know what was it, but it made her soul quiet. She stopped worrying about her friends, past or even about Grey. The wolf's snout was long with a white strip on it. Scars proved, that this wolf had a lot of battles in his life.

      "Daszkin! How are you, you old wolf?" Wolfrim yelled happy, when newcomer stood in front of him.

       "Aahh! Better don't ask. My back hurts so much. I'm too old for looking after a herd,"Daszkin's face contorted in pain. He looked around worried.

         "Where is Wolf and Grey?" he asked.

        "Wolf died. He saved a defenseless pony against - you know," answered Wolfrim.

        "Aahh... I know. I guess he found peace," the old wolf got sad.

       "I don't know. As I heard, his soul is in the pony's heart. I don't understand how?" said a younger animal.

       "Anyway. Where is Grey?" the black wolf asked, but he knew the answer.

      "Sorry, but he died. We buried him not so far. Maybe we'll go there later?" said Wolfrim.

       "Yes. It will be good to see an old friend, one last time," said sadly the black wolf, then he looked at Applejack near a tree few metres further down.

     "And who are you?" he asked.

    "Applejack. The earth pony from Ponyville." The pony came closer. "I knew Grey. It was a good wolf and fantastic friend," Applejack lowered her eyes.Daszkin put his leg on her shoulder and looked at her with compassion. But his smile wasn't honest

   "Anyway, I think you had a long road here, so come with me. The rest of the herd is waiting for brothers and sisters," black wolf turned back and come happily into a bushes.

   "Time to move up!" yelled Wolfrim and disappeared in bushes.Applejack didn’t move for a while.

    "Rainbow Dash. Come out. I know you are here," she said.The rainbow pony walked out behind a tree.

    "How did you know?" she asked surprised, then came closer.   Applejack smiled mysterious.

     "You know. I don't like this black wolf. Something is wrong with him," said the pegasus.

    "Yeah. He didn't look so sad, when Wolfrim told him about Grey's and Wolf's dead." Applejack and Rainbow Dash went into a bushes, where two wolves disappeared.