As Orion Galaxy poked his head out of the door, he could see the suspicious figure galloping away. He was dressed all over and wore a balaclava.
“This way!” He turned back and called to Paladin.
“Wait up!”
Soon both princes were chasing the figure on the streets. Orion ran much quicker than Paladin, making him pant.
“Gosh… you’re not tired…?”
“I’m a royal guard, after all. I’m used to all those physical training.”
The figure seemed to be sensing them coming close to him. In desperation, he tipped over a trash can, spilling out trash onto the sidewalk.
“Jump!” Orion spread his wings and leapt over the trash, at the same time levitating Paladin who could not react in time.
“That was close!”
“Focus on the front!”
Along the chase, the figure tried to hinder the princes’ paths, but both somehow managed to avoid all of them. Paladin tripped at almost all cases, but Orion prevented him from falling flat on his face.
The chase brought them to an alley. The figure just disappeared into it, leaving the princes to slow down for Paladin to catch his breath.
“He… just turned inside?” panted Paladin.
“Don’t follow him further. He might have accomplices hiding in there!” warned Orion.
“What?”
“Shh!” The princes tiptoed to peep into the alley. Sure enough, they could see four stallions gathering at something. Upon closer glance, they could see the object revealed was Mistral.
“What are you going to do with me?” demanded Mistral.
“Now then, calm down, princess…”
“We wanted to know how to contact your parents…”
“Gosh! They must be gangsters!” exclaimed Orion as he examined the stallions. “Look at the guns on their pouches!”
Paladin shivered as he saw them.
“How am I supposed to save my sister?”
“Let me see…” Orion looked around for a moment. “Okay, here’s how it is. I’ll try to start a brawl with the gangsters. While they’re busy, got and get your sister.”
“But how? They’re armed, you know.”
“Believe me, I know how to deal with them. I’m specially trained by Princess Celestia in magic, okay? Now stay here until they’re busy.”
Orion marched into the alley and called out.
“Hey! Having something nice?”
“Oh, who’s that?”
“He’s one of the ponies who chased me.”
“What shall we do to him?”
“Kill him, of course!” He said and drew out his gun and pulled the trigger. He fired a shot, thinking that he would not survive.
But just as the bullet was inches from his head, in a split second, Orion used his magic to stop the motion of the bullet!
“What?” He ordered his comrades to open fire altogether, but Orion stopped all the bullets.
“Believe me, I’m specially trained with magic.”
Three of the gangsters stared at him with horror. They had ran out of ammo and they could do nothing.
“I don’t care if you’re scared or not! We’ll deal with you with physical force already!”
“Let’s!” challenged Orion.
The four gangsters charged towards Orion. Orion, adept to his combat skills fought bravely with the gangsters.
Meanwhile, Paladin had found another way to sneak into the alley. He appeared beside Mistral and removed the tape on her mouth which the gangsters sealed before fighting Orion.
“Is he going to be alright?” asked Mistral.
“I think so, but we still need to help him. Hang on. I’m doing this right away,” he said as he tried to untie the ropes.
Orion was battling fearlessly until he was suddenly knocked over and pinned down. The leader appeared before him with a penknife.
“Say goodnight, prince!”
Just as he was about to plunge the penknife, suddenly, a shot of magic hit his hoof, throwing the penknife away.
Groaning with pain, he turned around and became shocked to see his victim freed.
“What do you expect more?” asked Mistral, grinning.
“Wait, how did you…”
“It’s your turn,” snarled Orion as he bucked the gangster pinning his back legs.
The fight continued, with the siblings assisting Orion. In no time they overpowered the gangsters and had all of them pinned to the wall using their magic.
“Ugh, you runts…” ranted the leader. “I’d never thought that I would lose to you…”
“Never underestimate mare power!” replied Mistral.
“Your partner’s here,” said Orion as he heard sirens blaring from the streets. In no time the Manehattan police handcuffed the gangsters away.
“I’m pretty amazed by you kids,” praised the captain. “Overpowering those gangsters. We’ve been trying to catch these gangsters for a long time, always causing robberies all around Manehattan!”
“All credit goes to me,” said Orion.
“You should thank my brother actually,” corrected Mistral. “If it wasn’t him accompanying me I would’ve been in grave trouble!”
“I guess you have a point,” agreed Paladin. “But how did you know we’re here?”
“Well, credits to those two ladies,” said the captain as he showed them Rarity and a tan-colored, turquoise-maned mare with a feather hat as a cutie mark.
“I arrived at the police station only to find this mare making a report, too. She claimed that she saw you guys chasing one of the gangsters to an alley, and that’s where we found you.”
“I was late attending the fashion show,” explained the mare. “But when I saw the chase I found out something amiss. That’s when I met Rarity.”
“Wait, how did you know her name?” asked Orion.
“Oh, looks like I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Coco Pommel.”
“Coco Pommel? As in the former assistant of Suri Polomare?” exclaimed Paladin, mind blown.
“Please, don’t mention her name,” said Coco. “She’s just so spiteful towards Rarity. I don’t even want to remember her!”
“Don’t be so stressed,” calmed Rarity. “Anyway when I saw Coco there we were so overjoyed.”
“If it wasn’t for Miss Coco, we wouldn’t have found you all here,” finished the captain.
“Anyway, since we’ve finally met you what are we gonna do?” asked Paladin.
“You can come over to my house for tea tomorrow,” replied Coco. “I’ve invited Rarity, too. I can share with you all what happened all along, since I haven’t met Rarity for a long time.”
“A pleasure, miss,” said Mistral.
“I’d love to come! After all I couldn’t waste the honor of being invited by someone special,” said Orion
“Then, uh, where shall we meet tomorrow?” asked Paladin.
“I’ll pick you up with Orion. Where’s your hotel?” asked Rarity.
“Here,” Mistral gave her the address. “Then we’ll see you tomorrow!”
“Sure! But, first, can we finish off this fashion show?”
“I’ll drive you all back there,” offered the captain.
On the way, Mistral asked Paladin.
“So you’re gonna accompany me for the future fashion shows?”
“Ahh, I think so. After that incident you said that you could’ve been in turmoil without me. But just find something nice whenever we go so that I won’t feel bored…” he answered.
“Then what about telling Mom and Dad about the incident?”
“I’ll see what I can say. I’m thinking of future trips now…” he finished and they laughed.