Meanwhile, out on the street of zephyr heights, the sound of police sirens filled the air as sunny starscout's group, with hitch and Emily following closed behind, were galloping for their lives.

Leading the escape is their new friend, zipp storm, "quick! This way!" Zipp guided the group to take refuge in the alleyway.

"Ok," hitch panted, after he dove behind an iron barrel. "I think we lost them!"

"Hitch, what are you even doing here?" Sunny asked.

"Arresting you," hitch answered. "And saving you. You know, a little bit of both, actually. You're welcome!" He said sarcastically at the end.

"Oh, gee, thanks," zipp roll her eyes as she approached hitch. "But we don't need any saving. OK?"

"And you are?" Hitch asked the pegasus princess.

"Her mom is the queen!" Izzy chirped.

"Wait a minute. So that means you're a princess?" Hitch asked zipp.

"Huh, look at that," zipp smirked in a mocking tone. "The sheriff just became a detective."

"What?" Hitch asked.

Then sunny turned to Thomas and Emily in confusion.

"So Thomas, who's that green earth pony?" Sunny asked. "I've never seen her before in maretime bay."

"Oh right, everypony meet Emily, a friend of mine" Thomas explained.

"But how do you two know each other?" Hitch asked.

Before another word could be exchanged, the tv screen announced a breaking news broadcast, before the city's reporters, skye and dazzle, appeared with a photo of princess pipp hanging upside down.

"Breaking story," dazzle reported. "Zephyr heights is in turmoil tonight after the shocking revelation that the royals cannot fly."

The broadcast then cuts to an interview with a pegasus foal, talking into the microphone. "Pipp used to be my favorite."

"If we can't trust our own royalty, who can we trust?" Another pegasus civilian asked, before the microphone was taken by a pegasus stallion.

"I blame the unicorns and the earth ponies," the stallion went on record saying. "They ruin everything!"

"This just in," dazzle reported. "Queen haven has been arrested for being a phony pony full of baloney!"

Zipp gasped in shock, watching as her mother was escorted by the guards, "no comments," queen haven huffed. "And no photos!" But quickly, the queen changed her mind, "okay, one photo." She said, striking a pose with a grin.

"Anypony care to explain?" Hitch asked.

"We had to get the crystal. Look!" Sunny reached into her saddle bag for the crystal, only to find it was gone. "Oh, no, no, no , no. It's not here!" She exclaimed to zipp, who was just as shocked as sunny is.

"Seriously?" Zipp asked.

"Look on the bright side. We had so much fun losing it," Izzy said cheerfully.

"We have to go back," sunny said.

"But it could be anywhere," zipp said.

Suddenly, they hear something in the alleyway. There, coming out of the shadows was princess pipp and she was not happy.

"Somepony seriously needs to explain why this thing was so important that you had to ruin my whole show over it!" Pipp demanded as she took out the crystal from her wings.

"Trust me, it was," zipp smiled as she tried to take the crystal, but pipp snapped back at her.

"You left me hanging there! In the spotlight! Now everypony knows that we can't fly," she said with sadness.

"But how did you escape?" Thomas asked.

"A kind pegasus rescue me" pipp replied.

"What kind pegasus?" Zipp asked confused.

"That will be me" said a voice.

Then, came out of the shadows was Percy. He had green fur, dark green mane and tail, and the number 6 on his cutie mark. Thomas recognize him.

"Percy, is that you?" Thomas asked.

"Thomas! I can't believe I found you!" Said Percy as he and Thomas hugged.

"You know him Thomas?" Sunny asked.

"Yes sunny, this is my best friend Percy" Thomas explained.

"But how do you know Emily and Percy?" Hitch asked Thomas.

But before Thomas, Emily and Percy can tell them the truth, pipp's phone buzzed, she took it out and looked at the screen.

"A warrant is out for the arrest of the princesses," dazzle reported before the video switched over to Queen haven getting a mug shot taken.

"Pipp! Zipp! Save yourselves!" Queen haven begged.

"What?! This isn't happening! This is so not happening!" Pipp freaked out.

"Pipp!" Zipp spoke up, "forget all of that! We think we can bring back magic, but we need that crystal."

"Have you lost your mind?" Pipp asked in disbelief.

"Please. This might be our only chance," zipp pleaded.

"Your sister's right, I trust Thomas and Emily after all they're earth pony and unicorn" said Percy.

"Fine. I know a way out. Come on." Pipp said as zipp and the others followed her.

"What? Wait! You can't just... But I'm the sheriff!" Hitch whined before following.

"Not the time hitch, now come on!" Said Emily.

Soon eight ponies hurried through the night, their journey to bridlewood had started.

Author's Note

Part 12 coming soon