Captured

You woke up to a wonderful morning. The night had been great and you were only waken a few times. This peace weren't good for you. It was like a vacation, which you rarely got, but it was combined with work. You were unsure if you should always be on guard or relax and your body acted in the same way. It was probably things that you made up in your mind. Things like sounds and waking up with the feeling of the presence of another pony or animal, but overall you had a good night sleep and you were ready to embrace the new day on top of the mountain. This really sounded like one of those survival ideas you had heard about. Putting ponies in the middle of nowhere and just wish them luck before you leave them there with nothing. You had woken up a bit before your partner, or anypony else for that matter. You could see the glorious sun peeking just above the mountains a bit further away. You thought it would be best to scout the area. Just to see if anything was around. You had placed the camp on a place where you were cut off from the rest of the mountain. It made it possible to see the almost the entire sky, but not bump into other ponies while doing so. Not that it would cause a problem. You took a little walk around the area. Nothing special, but you didn't expect anything either. You thought it would be great to make some breakfast. You could finally eat something that wasn't just a quick bite. It was quite sad how many of your meals had consisted with just eating something which wasn't made by yourself. Grabbing an apple or eat dinner and one of the local resturants for example. By the time you had made breakfast, you could hear the unicorn in the other tent waking up. You walked over to the tent and knocked on it. You had placed the tents a little bit away from the fire and under some trees should the rain "disturb" you while you were sleeping.

"Are you awake?" The answer was obvious as you heard something sounding like a yes.

"Do you want some breakfast?" You couldn't hear anyhting for a while so you thought that she had probably fallen asleep again. You calmly walked away to supervise the food, but as you sat down, you heard the tent being opened. The unicorn poked her head out.

"Breakfast?" You couldn't help but laugh. She seemed utterly and completly lost, and her mane didn't make it any better. You had the time to fix yours before doing anything.

"Would you like some privacy to fix your mane?" You tried not to laugh as the pony right across of you quickly went into the tent again. You took that as a yes,

"I'll save some food for you then!" You said a little bit higher so you knew she would hear it.

It took a few minutes but the unicorn came outside after a while. She looked "normal" this time.

"Did you have a good night sleep?" You looked at her with a teasing grin.

"I didn't look that bad, did I?" She replied.

"Of course not," you were raised to be a gentlecolt. Most of the times at least.

"So we just wait for the night to come up or...?" you asked.

"Well actually, I need some help with setting up all the different things," you looked at her. "If you don't mind of course," she quickly added.

"No problem," you answered, you were confused by this. Weren't she a powerful unicorn? Wouldn't it be easier for her just to do it herself. Well, it would demand a lot of power and it would be sad to be exhausted by the time you would watch the major event. She had brougth with her many things and your jaw almost dropped when you saw all of it. It was everything from a telescope to something to sit at. You started setting everything up. By the time you were done, half the day had already past. It looked wonderful though and you just to place your things up. It didn't consist of nearly as much as her stuff. You had brought with you supplies and all that but just to watch the meteor shower and not study it. You almost felt ashamed when you compared what you both had brought. She had brought an entire study kit. It was books about the subject, the telescope and something to write on and with. She was really going to document the entire thing.

"I see you're ready," you said.

"Do you think I overpacked?" She looked at you.

"For your purpose? No," you answered. It was obvious what she was going to do.

You spent the next hours getting better known. You hadn't really been communicating much with anypony for a very long time so a nice chat was great right now. She told you all about her experiences with friendship and all the wicked things that had happened while she was in Ponyville. You on the other hand could share none of yours. It was very sad that you had to live this lie. It wasn't fair for anypony. You hoped for this time sake that you could build up a friendship with somepony you were meant to spy upon. Most of them didn't have a positive outcome.

You watched as the day slowly turned into night again. This view was amazing. You could see both sunset and sunrise. It was a perfect spot to watch such an event. You looked over at the purple unicorn who sat ready and gazed up into the sky in awe.

One had to say that it was simply gorgeous. The group of lights which flew past you made this mountain trip worth it. It got dark, but that only made the meteors shine more. You were amazed about how awesome such an event could be. You looked over at your partner to see if she had started to document the thing and noticed something. She was freezing. Not the usual it is cold freezing but the not-good freezing. You were high over the ground and it was cold right now, really cold. You watched the unicorn as she seemed to feel the weather and you had to do something.

"Twilight, are you ok?" You asked.

"I..am...fine," she said stuttering. You walked over to her.

"You forgot something, didn't you?" You said while waiting for a response. She looked down into the ground which you took as a response. Without thinking about it you placed your blanket around her.

"Take this," you said. She looked at you.

"But what about you?" She seemed to concerned but you assured her that you would be fine.

"I'll just get something from my bag," you responded while moving slowly towards the bag. You found something to make a fire of. You had already done it earlier the same day, but you weren't sure if it was enough to make another fire. You gathered as much wood as you could in a hurry and aimed your horn at the fireplace. It was basic survival for every unicorn to learn how to make fire. It didn't have to be much but it had to be enough to make something combust. Fire, in your case, wasn't that much of a problem. The wood seemed to get warmer and fire was made in a blink of an eye. You sat down next to the little fireplace and you felt the warm flow through you. Unfortunatly, the fireplace wasn't placed in a good spot to watch the sky, but rather to be close to the tents. You still had a better view than most of the ponies in Ponyville so you couldn't complain. Twilight looked at you with concerned eyes.

"Are you ok?" She asked. She seemed to be concerned about you which was appreciated.

"Nah, I got a great view and I'm warm," You replied. The fire weren't as strong as you liked it to be, but it kept you warm.

"I feel so bad for making you sit back there and not watch it from such a great view," You heard from the unicorn.

"Your concern is fantastic but there is no worries. I believe you should watch it instead of giving me the attention." Your reply seemed to work as the unicorn turned again and watched the meteors fly through the sky.

You sat there for a while, admiring the shower before your view was interrupted. The unicorn had walked from her place without you even noticing. You looked up seeing her with a concerned look. You knew what it meant so you got up. You walked past her and made a gesture that she should go back and sit at her spot.

"I know you are feeling guilty for all of this, but you need to watch this." You said while looking at her with a smile, showing that you weren't mad at her for thinking of you.

"But you can't just sit there and miss it yourself," she replied. She wasn't going to let this go so you had to do something about it.

"First of all, I can see the shower from a great view. Second, I can sacrifice my spot for your pleasure as you get more of this than I do. I watch it for the wonderful sight as it is. You watch it for the knowledge behind it, but if you don't like me sitting back there I'll sit here in front," you said as you sat down on the spot you had sat on before you withdrew to the campfire, still making the gesture that she should sit down. She sat down before looking at you again.

"Aren't you cold?"

"Nah, I'm used to being cold," you lied. You didn't like cold. Canterlot, where you had spent most of your life weren't excactly cold very often. The only times you had gathered experience from it was when the force had its usual "artic training". You despised it as it limited your ability to do much. Running and in general surviving in those temperatures were beyond your understanding. After a little while you started feeling it. Your body was stating that you had to get warm or kissing your flank goodbye.

"Take this," you suddenly heard. You shouldn't have done this as it seemed to limit your reaction. You looked up and saw the unicorn. She put the blanket around you and went back to her spot.

"I'm not very good at hiding it am I?" You looked at her with a smile. She looked back at you with a smile.

"It will soon be over so you can head to bed. I'm thankful that you gave it to me but you shouldn't do it in fear of your own health," She said.

"Well, it was a short term thought. Probably very stupid but I don't regret it," you replied, still smiling a little. There was a short pause before you saw that the meteor shower end and the sky returned to it's natural black. You both stood up before she hugged you. She was very warm, probably because your body was striving for warmth.

"Thank you," she whispered.

You stood still a little in shock before you replied "No problem," and returned the hug. You stood there for a moment before you whipsered "care to dance?" She was obviously shocked by the question.

"What do you mean?" She replied.

"Dance. I need to get warmer and dancing seemed like the funniest way of doing such, and why do it alone?" You said with a smile.

"Well, ok, but I have no idea how."

"Oh it's easy," you said. You started showing her some moves that would be described as tango for some. All of a sudden you two were dancing on top of the mountain with no music at all. That must have seemed wierd for about anypony, should there be any watching. You stopped after a while and returned to your tents.

Before going into the tents, the unicorn turned to you and said: "We should do that another time".

"Is that a date Miss Sparkle?" You said, making her blush. She seemed to be out of words so you followed up with saying, "I would love to."

You lay down on your bed and before you fell asleep you tried to think of the times you had ended up dancing when you were on a mission. You counted 1 and smiled before you fell asleep.