Captured

Upon arriving to Canterlot you noticed something. You had been gone for what you thought was atleast three weeks and that really set the mood for you as you went out of the cart and helped your 'date' out. You waved goodbye to the drivers and whispered to them that you hoped they would manage to bring you back to Ponyville. The Canterlot guard wasn't exactly bad at repaying a service so they told you that you only needed to ask them when you were going to leave. You told them that you knew where to find them and you would see them there, and they departed shortly after. The Princess didn't know that you were in town again and you would like it to stay so. Therefore you moved only through the rich parts of town. This were the places where the chance of you being recognized was small. Incredibly small as most of the upper-class ponies had only seen you in the dirty outfit you used for work. It was a safe bet.

You ventured through the streets and about this point you noticed how well they were made. You had never walked in the street of the upper-class, for obvious reason. It was almost like finding the golden city if one should compare it to the other streets of Canterlot. You finally got to the location. It hadn't changed for the time you had been gone and you entered. The mare who greeted you was in charge to keep the reservations and she seemed really proud of her job. You didn't have to be a good pony knower to see if a smile was real or not. You walked up to the register and tried to behave as nicely as you could possibly could.

"Good evening, do you have the reservation order with you?" She said. It was obvious that only the top mares and colts were here and you replied in a negative, to much surprise from both your date and the other mare.

"No, I do not have an order but I got this," you said while showing her the paper you had gotten and the mare lit up.

"Of course, right this way," she said while walking in front of you and making a gesture for you both to follow her. You had only just sat down and handed your menues when Twilight asked you.

"What did you show her?" She said.

"As I said, I know the manager of this place," you replied. You knew him in a way that you didn't arrest him when you were face to face and that had to count for something. A night at a famous resturant seemed to be the equivalent thing to just that. You sat there and talked a bit more. How you both had been since you last saw eachother and she told you other stories about her adventures with her friends. A mare came up to you to take your orders.

"Have you decided yet?" She asked. They seemed only to hire those who were fond of their job and that was respectable.

"What would you like Twilight?" You faced the mare who sat on the opposit end of you who seemed to be reading something harder than any book ever before.

"I'll have one of those," she said and moved her hoof so the waitress could see what she pointed at. The menues were made for those who didn't know anything about the food they served. It was pictures next to most of the food which seemed to be from very exotic places.

"A number 5, alright, and you sir?" She turned to you. You looked quickly at number five and thought for a second if you would manage to eat that. The name was wierd so you didn't try to pronunce it.

"I'll take a number five to," you said while giving her both of your menues.

"Ok, sir, it will be ready for you in about half an hour," she said and walked away from the table. You continued to chat with your date and after a little delay, the food arrived and what a masterpiece it was. You started eating and after a while you tried to get some dinner conversation with your partner.

"How was it?" you asked. She looked up and met your eyes.

"It was lovely," she said.

"Well, how fantastic," you replied. You really had to admit. This was some good...whatever it was. You both had finished eating and you sat there and had your usual dinner conversation...Well almost. She didn't seem to run out of stories to tell you and you couldn't complain. They were really exciting. After a while you stood up and walked over to her side of the table.

"Care to dance?" You said. The round table which you had been eating was strategically placed to face the open space of the resturant which served as the dance floor when the musicians played. Tonight seemed to be one of those nights as the musicians played some tunes which served great for the kind of dancing you thought of. She looked at you embarrased.

"But, I can't dance," she said. Her face turned red.

"Well, as I said Ms. Sparkle. There has to be a first time for everything. Just follow my lead, ok?" You said while taking her hoof and leading her to the dance floor. The song which played was wonderful but it didn't really set the mood but you danced through it, and through the next song. You were overjoyed about the company this mare had been but the guilt was raising with it. You thought and figured you had to say it. It didn't mean that it had to be over for your mission if she knew who you were. It could, possibly, even open for even more guarding from your side.

"Twilight, I have something to tell you," You said. You voice was dark with a little bit of sadness in it but she saw right through it. You thought she really had hit the mood.

"I'm so happy, I feel like nothing can ruin this," she said and you did something, which were probably the stupidest thing you could have done at that moment. You embraced her in a kiss. It wasn't a heavy one but it would probably be one who was felt  for her as she stopped up. You wondered if you had gone too far.

"Twilight, are you ok?" You asked while regreting that desicion you made. You looked her in the eyes and let her go while yelling out in the resturant:

"Everypony! Get out! NOW!" You yelled. Some of them seemed to recognize who you were and ran out which caused a chain reaction throughout the resturant and everypony were gone in a matter of seconds. Leaving only you and your date.

You focused on her again as you touched her and a reaction happend. She opened her eyes again which was now filled with purple energy. This was a really, really bad time for this to happend as you tried to snap her out of it. She began to shoot spells at random and hit several of the objects in the resturant. Some of them growed and some just died. You knew what you had to do but you just couldn't. You tried to think fast about last time which Celestia had told you about. She comforted her and that is what you did. You ran up to her and embraced her. That had its negativ effect as you were hit from one of the bolts and got struck to the ground. You felt the pain in your left side. Something had to have been broken from the impact but you didn't mindthe pain for the moment.

"Twilight, can you hear me!" you yelled with tears in your eyes. You knew what you had to do and the point of no return was soon reached. No emotion or answer were shown by your plead. You took a few steps back and your horn began to glow.

"I'm sorry Twilight," you whispered before releasing the magic from your horn and fired a bolt towards her. It flew through the air in a time which seemed like forever and hit her, right beneath the stomach area to be exact. Her eyes went back to normal and she fell towards the ground but you were quick and managed to pick her before she hit the floor.

You were badly injured so you laid her down on the floor and lay down next to her. In the hurry you forgot to check her pulse to see if she was alive but you just lay next to her and looked at her. She seemed like she was sleeping and that she would wake up very soon. You tried to stay awake for as long as possible and before you gave in you fired a bolt which flew through a nearby window. S.O.S.

In your mind you were still awake. The incident had never happened and you both swept over the floor together, still embraced and the music playing the lovely tunes you  had been looking for. There was a pause and she looked at you while you looked back at her and you both shared a kiss. It wasn't a friendly one, but a kiss between lovers, oh how you whished for that to come true. You fast forwarded and you were back in Ponyville with her. You both walked together, but not like friends. No, this was the pace which was shared by those who loved eachother.

You woke up. This couldn't be a dream but it did seem awfully white. You looked down and noticed that you were in a bed, and this was Canterlot hospital from what you knew of the building. Not the usual hospital but the royal one. Where you sent those who needed immediate attention. You got up and felt the strange feeling of your hooves hitting the ground. You didn't like being in hospitals because you always felt so helpless when you woke up, no matter the time you slept. A nurse came in and notcied that you were already out of bed and was about to leave the room.

"Sir, sir, you have to sit down again," she said. You couldn't. You had to find her, no matter the cost. You continued walking and she kept nagging about getting back to bed. You turned quickly and faced her.

"Where is Twilight Sparkle?" You said in a serious manner. The weren't the time for playing but the time for you to get some facts. You had made a huge mistake which had to be fixed or else you would stay here for quiet sometime. The doctors could heal many things but this kind of guilt couldn't be cured by nopony. You didn't even know if she survived. You got two more steps before you broke down. You didn't know if it was due to fattigue or the failure of your body. The nurse panicked and got to your assistance. She put you in a wheelchair and you both talked for a while. She asked you the usual questions about how you felt and you tried desperatly to change the subject.

"Ok, listen to me, where is Twilight?" You almsot yelled out after being tired of the questions she asked.

"Oh, she survived but she is still sleeping. You can't visit her now," she said. You didn't know how to feel. You were relieved that she survived but the guilt didn't just disappear just like that.

"Please, take me to her, I need to see her," you begged. The nurse got up and rolled you to the part of the clinic where Twilight was. The mare suddenly stopped when a voice adressed her. It was a familiar one but you couldn't get the hang of who it was. She told the nurse to leave you two alone and the nurse walked away. You turned around to see one of your biggest fears. The mare in white.