//------------------------------// // Chapter Five: Alone // Story: Marked for death // by shadowfoxr //------------------------------// Chapter Five: Alone Several years ago I looked up from the thick soup I was eating and looked at Chance "You're kidding me right?" I said, annoyed "C'mon, just pony up and do it" he replied "I don't even like her" "Didn't sound that way last time you spoke to her, you were stuttering worse then a pony caught in a snowstorm" "Oh shut up if you had to explain where six crates of apples disappeared in the middle of your watch went then you'd be stuttering too" "Maybe, but at least I wouldn't be in love with the pony scolding me" I facehoofed myself and turned my gaze away from Chance, we were in a large white room with several rows tables spanning its width. Several dozen ponies were eating their food and many others were lining up in a line to get their own, The food itself wasn't too bad though, much better then I thought it would be. "This is getting nowhere" I commented "Yeah because you won't admit-" "How the hell can I admit to something I'm not doing?" I demanded, raising my voice a little "You can't silly" he said "THEN WHAT IS- you know what?" I cut myself off "screw it there's no point" "So you admit you like her then?" Chance asked curiously "If it'll make you shut up then yes" "Told ya'!" he yelled excitedly "so are ya' gonna ask her out or not?" "Nah, i'm not her type Chance" I said, trying to stop the conversation "Sure ya are! I'm sure Heart would say yes" he said, trying to persuade me into it "Yeah...no" I said, getting up "now are we gonna go train or not?" I asked him "Fine, fine" Chance said, clearly annoyed by the outcome of the conversation "I bet" he paused and leaned in closer to me "you just wanna go train so you can see her" and then he took off, sprinting out the room "Get back here Chance and I'll let you see my hoof!" I yelled, chasing after him ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I slowly opened my eyes as my vision slowly came back, my head felt like it had been hit with a hammer, I could barely move my body at all. I groaned, trying to get up but failing. After a few more attempts of failure I decided to find out where the hell I was. I slowly looked around a small wooden brown room, I couldn't figure it out until room jumped up about three inches before falling back down. I slammed into the ground and groaned in pain. I muttered a few select curses through my clenched teeth. "Where am I?" I finally asked myself "On the road to Canterlot" Arctic Heart's voice said from behind me "Great, just fucking great, could this get any worse?" I complained "If you fought back then yes, it would have been much worse" "What a surprise" I said sarcastically I once again tried to stand up but then realized my hooves were bound And I asked myself why I couldn't stand up I shuffled around on the ground until I could see Heart sitting on a bench built into the side of the wagon. "So, how long have I been out for?" I asked "Six hours" she replied, showing no emotion whatsoever "That long huh?" "Yes" I paused, trying to think of what to say next when Heart started speaking "There is no escaping your crimes Blaze, you will be in prison for most of, if not all of your life" she said, almost as if she didn't even know him anymore "Wow, if I didn't know better I would say you didn't give a shit about me" I said casually, every word hurting me deep down "That's because I don't" The words pierced my heart, I looked at the ground "I see" was all I could manage to say "You are not the Lightning Blaze I knew, you may pretend to be but you are not, the Blaze I knew would never hurt anypony who was innocent!" "Well then" I said, angry that she believed them over me"if that's what you think then maybe you never knew me at all" The word cut deep into my own heart as I said them, Heart looked at me in disbelief as her eyes started to water, I rolled over so I wouldn't have to look at her, I heard hoofsteps as she left the wagon. "I'm sorry Heart" I said to myself Nopony I knew believed me, they all believed the Princesses and their guards, as much as it hurt I knew I couldn't trust anyone anymore, not after one of my best friends just captured me. I was alone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The wagon suddenly ground to a halt, my guard's head looked from side to side, trying to assess why we were stopping. The was silence for a few seconds before a shout was heard outside the wagon "We're under attack!" it screamed The guard pony looked around the room a few times before standing up, "stay here" he said before exiting the wagon "Yeah real funny, laugh it up why don't ya?" I called after him I heard a few quick yells before everything fell silent, minutes slowly passed by what the hell is going on out there? Why is it so silent? I asked myself I kept waiting until the doors of the wagon were thrown open. Standing on the other side was a snow white Pegasus with a cutie mark shaped like a wing made of ice, he had a turquoise mane and look to be about my age "Need some help?"