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// Bloodlines part 2 
// Story: I think we're lost 
// by Poetic Brony 
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	Dave, Arron and Rainbow Dash all stared into the tunnel that lead underneath the old church. The granite staircase was steep and looked well worn, even the walls were beginning to crumble with age as small pieces broke away from the larger granite blocks that were mortared together. The scent of stale musty air filled their nostrils and caused both brothers to sneeze a few times. 

"So," Dave said turning to his brother and Rainbow Dash. "Who gets to go into the creepy tunnel first?" 

Arron sighed as he wiped his now runny nose on the back of his glove. Rainbow Dash, her eyes widened with excitement as her head kept going from the tunnel to the brothers and back again in eager anticipation. 

Dave and Rainbow Dash watched in confusion as Arron headed back to the entrance. 

"Wait," Rainbow Dash cried after him. "Where are you going?" Holding out a fore hoof to try and will his return. 

He waved at them knowing full well what they were thinking. "I'll be right back," he yelled to them as he ducked underneath the toppled pillar in front of the exit. 

Arron kicked a few more boards out of the way as he went to his car, dug his keys out of his pocket and pressed the button to pop the trunk. He had to lift the trunk fully open before rummaging around to find a few things he needed. 

He unzipped one of the storage compartments on his rifle bag. There he found his two Ultrafire flashlights. "At a thousand lumens apiece these should light our way just fine," he said as he stuffed both flashlights in his cargo pocket. 

Arron had to push Dave's rifle case off of his other bag. He unzipped it and got out his Mossberg 500, he turned on the TrueGlow optic that was mounted to the rail and turned the knob to the brightest green setting. He pulled out a box of slugs and loaded two into the feeding tube he fallowed those with two double 00 buck, followed by another slug. He pressed the button near the trigger so he could rack the slug into the chamber. He made sure the safety was on before topping off the tube with one more buckshot. 

Slinging his shotgun over his shoulder he put the rest of the slugs and buckshot into the bandolier embedded into the sling. Making sure he had everything he needed he closed the trunk and stuffed the keys back into his pocket. 

Dave gave Arron an incredulous stare as he came back toting his shoot gun. "Arron you give a whole new meaning to the term overkill," he said sarcastically.

Arron shook his head and sighed. "I'm not nearly as bad as Burt!" He angrily shot back at his brother for making such a horrible comparison to the hero of the last two Tremor movies. 

Dave squinted at him. "Uhh, Huh!" He said as he folded is arms and gave Arron another disapproving look. "And what do you think is down in that tunnel anyway?"—Dave nodded back at the tunnel behind him —"A graboid or something." 

Arron rolled his eyes. "Yes, Dave and even this,"— he used his thumb to point at his Mossberg. —"wouldn't even scratch one of those monsters."   

"But, what if it busts through the basement..." Dave mocked. "We don't have an elephant gun?" 

Arron pulled out his flashlights and shoved one of them into Dave's chest. Dave mockingly whined. "What was that for, huh..." 

Arron shook his head in disbelief. "From Burt to Tommy Wiseau... that's a whole new low, even for you Dave!" He said as he turned on his flashlight that pierced the darkness so he could see where he was going as he began his decent.

Dave shrugged it off. "I try," he said as he turned on his own flashlight and started after his brother. 

Rainbow Dash shook her head in confusion. What just happened, she thought. What's a graboid? Who's Burt and... Tommy Wesso? What the buck were they talking about... She halted her inner monologue when she realized they were leaving her behind. "Hay!" She yelled at them. "Wait for me!" 

The stairway spiraled downward and there wasn't much room for the brothers as their shoulders nearly touched the walls they were so close together. Rainbow Dash was having difficulties as well, due to the narrow steps that obviously weren't meant for ponies. After rounding the fourth twist the stairs leveled out into a large basement. Arron turned the head of his flashlight to widen the beam. The light revealed a large round stone table where seven stone chairs surrounded it. As Arron approached the table he could see that there were medieval hand and a half swords resting in their sheaths, they were laid long ways with their hilts toward each of the chairs. 

These are old, Arron thought. Very old, there must be at least two inches of dust on these. He brushed the dust off the closest sword revealing the scabbard that was surprisingly intact. Minus the dust these things look just like new, it's almost as if... 

"Arron come take a look at this," Dave yelled at him from the other side of the room. When Arron walked over he could see that Dave was looking at a worn book that seemed out of place. The book wasn't covered in dust and even the stone slab that jutted out of the wall that served as a table had only a minor covering of the fine gray powder. 

"What do you make of this," Dave asked as he turned the book to show his brother. Arron's eyes went wide as he recognized the symbol on the cover. 

That's not possible, he thought as he ran his gloved hand over the raised gold motif that adorned the book's cover. 

"Dave," Arron said aloud. "Do you have any idea what this is!"

Dave frowned at his brother. "Of course I know, that's why I called you over here." 

"This our old family crest, you know, before they fled the Huguenot purge back in France!" Arron said as he rubbed the ancient symbol. "But our family hasn't used this crest since the revolution when our,—" He looked at Dave in confusion. —"fifth great grandfather... you know the general who served under Washington."

Dave meagerly shrugged. "I don't really do family history so I couldn't tell you." I don't even know why you're asking me in the first place, he thought. "Wait, was his sister the one that married Lafayette's secretary after the war?"  

Arron narrowed his eyes at his brother. "I thought you said you didn't do, genealogy?" 

Dave shrugged at his brother's sarcastic question. "Well, I do remember you telling me that." 

Arron groaned in frustration. "To answer your question, Dave, yes, it was Daniel's sister who married Lafayette's aid-de-camp, Samuel Augustus Barker, and her name was Polly."    

Rainbow Dash let out a huge aggravated sigh. "You guys are bigger eggheads than Twilight!" 

Arron and Dave both pointed their flashlights at her she had to put her hoof over her eyes so she wouldn't be blinded. 

"Rainbow Dash," Arron stated making her ears perk up. "Do you have any idea what this means," He picked up the book to show her, she just shook her head. "This means that a member or members of our family were here... in Equestria!"

"Then how come I've never heard about them?" Rainbow Dash said. "And Twilight should have known something, I mean she is the biggest egghead in all of Equestria!"

Arron frowned as he handed the book to Dave. "You're the one who found it so it's yours to keep." Dave begrudgingly took the book from his brother and stuffed it into his shirt. "Hey, that might just hold the key to getting us home, or even explain why we're here in the first place, so you'd better take care of that." 

"Ya, ya whatever, can we go back to the car now?" Dave complained as he started for the stairs. 

"Wait!" Rainbow Dash cried. "You mean that's it, we're leaving... but... but... we haven't fully explored this place!" 

Arron and Dave looked at each other and sighed. 

"This isn't like one of your Daring Do books Rainbow," Arron said making her gasp. 

"How do you know about that?" She said panicked.  

Arron rolled his eyes. No, there's no way I'm going to explain it to her again if she wasn't listening when I told Twilight, he thought. "Dave," he said turning to his brother. "I'm going to take one more look around to make sure we didn't miss anything, I'll join you upstairs—"

"You mean back at the car," Dave interjected. 

"Fine, back at the car..." Dave didn't even let Arron finish before he started ascending the stairs Arron and Rainbow Dash watched as the glow from Dave's flashlight disappear as he made his assent. 

Arron started walking around the perimeter of the room Rainbow Dash trotted next to him, a grand smile adorned her muzzle as they explored. There really wasn't much to the place. The stone slab they'd just left ran the full length of the back wall. The two walls adjacent to it were rather ordinary, the wall on to their left had absolutely no ornamentation, and the one on their right only had the cut out where the stairs were located. 

The circular stone table was out of the way enough so that the stairs didn't come right out on top of it, as the table was a good distance away from the staircase. Arron shined his light against the back wall. A row of medieval armor stood on raised pedestals, as if they were some kind of sentinels. The armor's thick plates of steel gleamed under the bright glow of his flashlight. 

They almost look alive, Arron thought as his light passed over them. Rainbow Dash went up to one of the armors and glared up at the helmet slits trying to see if anyone was inside. 

"Rainbow Dash," Arron exclaimed as he noticed her getting dangerously close to one of the armors. "Don't touch anything!" 

Rainbow waved a dismissive hoof at him. "What's the big deal? These things are nothing more than statues." She said as she placed a hoof on the leg of the armor in front of her. 

Arron and Rainbow Dash were shocked when the suit of armor Rainbow Dash touched suddenly started moving.

"Ooops!" She said as her eyeballs became nothing more than dots and her ears laid flat against her head. 

A purple light emanated from inside the suit of armor that spilled through the cracks in the helmet that served as eyeholes. The sound of metal grating on metal made their ears burn and their blood run cold. Rainbow Dash went full panic mode and ran over and hide behind Arron's legs. She stuck her head out to look at the armor that was acting as though it could actually see her, it's helmet tilted to look down at the cowering pegasus. 

Arron stood in horrified awe as the armor stepped down off the platform it was standing on. The armor made clanking and squeaking noises as it used its massive gauntlet to draw it's sword from the scabbard that hung off its left side. The sword gleamed under the light, Arron's jaw dropped at its mere size. 

How can that thing hold up something that size without falling back on its... Rainbow Dash tugged on Arron's pant leg making him loose his train of thought. 

"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!" She screamed. 

Arron thought that was the best course of action, but as he was about to turn tail and run the armor charged him. Rainbow Dash still had enough wits about her to make a b-line for the exit, she didn't even wait for Arron as she blindly galloped full speed up the stairs. 

Arron jumped back as the armor swung it's sword in a down ward arc. A shower of sparks and dust flew in the air as a large crack appeared where the sword met the stone floor. 

Damn, he thought. I don't have time to get my shootgun off my back, so I'll have to use the next best thing... He used his hand holding the flashlight to pull up on his shirt so that he could retrieve his Sig from its holster. The armor had raised its sword again for another attack. Arron put himself into a spin as the sword swiped the vacant spot where he just stood. 

That would have taken my head clean off, he thought as he rested his right hand on his left wrist and lined up the three tritium dots right where the head should be. He pulled the heavy double action trigger and then he heard bells. The forty caliber bullet struck true but the armor seemed confused as an extra hole appeared in its helmet. 

Now, that's just not fair, Arron thought as he lined up the sights and pulled the trigger. Now that his gun was in single action it made it much easier to realign the sights. He ignored the ringing in his head as he pulled the trigger a third time. 

The armor wasn't even fazed by the two new holes in its face place. Arron, nearly def due to firing his gun, was still able to hear the bullets rattle around inside the metal boots of the living armor that came at him again.   

When did we go from MLP to Bedknobs and Broomsticks? He thought as he back pedaled away from another horizontal swing. At this point I might as well throw my gun at this thing it would probably do more damage than the actual bullets. The armor wasn't giving him any more time to think as it kept swinging at him. 

Arron was almost dancing as he dodged and weaved the blade of the unstoppable armor, but he was being backed into a corner and he'd soon run out of places to move to. 

As Arron spun to get away from an angled slice he felt a hot pain in his lower abdomen. He didn't have time to see how bad it was as the armor suddenly halted its attack. Arron didn't even think he ran past the hostile armor and bounded up the stairs. His gut hurt with every breath he took. 

The armor brought the blood covered tip up to its helmet in order to inspect it. The armor shuddered as its head turned to where the man it just cut had made his hasty exit. The bullets rattled around inside its boot as it made its way back to the pedestal where it stood before the altercation began. With what would have passed for a sigh it sheathed it's now blood tipped sword back into its scabbard, then the purple glow faded and died. 

Arron ran down the center aisle, quickly passing all of the crumbling pews and nearly slid under the fallen pillar that blocked the entrance. Arron managed to right himself before he completely toppled over onto his back, though now in an awkward position he had to shimmy under the pillar before making it to safety. 

Dave and Rainbow Dash were looking at him with panic filled eyes. Dave was saying something, but Arron was still suffering from the effects of discharging his firearm in an enclosed space, without ear protection. He stuffed his flashlight in his pants pocket and re-holstered his Sig. With a shaky hand he retrieved his keys and pressed the button to pop the trunk. He took his shoot gun off his back and tossed it inside before leaning over to take out the back pack that had a first aid kit inside.   

He unzipped the bag and pulled out the white plastic box with a green cross on the cover. Arron took out one of the alcohol wipes, two large white gauze pads and the roll of medical tape. He groaned as he pulled up on his shirt, the left hand side was soaked with blood and there was a gash in it where the sword had cut him. 

Rainbow Dash and Dave gasped as Arron pulled up his shirt that revealed a rather lengthy cut that began just to the left of his belly button. It was long and deep as they watched blood leak from the wound. They watched Arron tear open the alcohol wipe and groan as he pressed it into the wound to clean it. Then Arron tore open the two gauze pads and taped them over the wound. 

Arron dug out his key and threw them to Dave who was so stunned he almost didn't catch them. Arron glared at his brother as he clenched his teeth as he clamped his hand over his shirt where his wound was located. 

"You're driving." He said as he climbed into the passenger side of the vehicle. 

Dave stared at his brother then down at the keys in his hand, it took a moment for things to click but then he ran to the other side of the car. 

"Rainbow Dash can you direct us to the closest hospital?" Dave yelled. 

Rainbow Dash shook her head several times before she gave Dave a salute and beat her wings to get airborne. She let out a quiet sigh of relief. At least my wings are working again, she thought as she turned to Dave who started the car and was watching her.

"Just follow me!" She yelled to him before speeding off leaving a long rainbow trail in her wake. 

So that's why they call her Rainbow Dash, Dave thought as he pressed hard on the accelerator. 

Dave was having a hard time keeping up with the pegusus, though she kept low to the ground she was still going much faster than the car. Dave pushed harder on the accelerator as he glanced over at his brother who was turning pale. Damn it, he's going into shock, he thought as he concentrated on driving. He pushed the car up to seventy M.P.H. Dave started blaring the horn as they approached Sweet Apple Acres and the outskirts of Ponyville.

Rainbow Dash was already in town telling ponies to clear the streets, she even got Pinkie Pie as well as several other ponies to help her out. 

"Come on ponies there's a car coming," Rainbow Dash yelled. "So clear the streets!" 

Ponies began scrambling and soon the streets were devoid of life so Rainbow Dash ignoring Pinkie's questions took to the air to find the car she left behind. It didn't take her long to find it, she pulled alongside as Dave rolled down his window. 

"I've cleared all the streets," Rainbow Dash told him. "So fallow me, I'll take you right to the hospital!"

Dave nodded to her as she lead the car through the streets of Ponyville. He saw a building with a big white cross with a red background on the front. "That's got to be it," he said as he glanced at his Arron. "Hang on big brother we're almost there!" 

Dave slammed on the breaks making the car come to a complete stop right in front of the hospital entrance. He threw the car into park, opened his door, ran around to the passenger side and opened his brother's door. Arron struggled to keep his eyes open as Dave leaned in and helped him out of the car getting him to his feet. Arron leaned heavily on his brother as they walked into the hospital. Rainbow Dash hovered next to them for a few moments before she flew up to the counter. Nurse Snowheart looked up from her notepad.

"Rainbow Dash," Snowheart said. "What's wrong now?" 

Rainbow Dash landed in front of the desk, then she took a deep breath. "MynewfriendandIwenttosomeoldchurchplaceandhisbrotherleftusinthebasementthenItouchedsomeoldstatuewichcametolifeandattckedussonowmyfriendishurt!" She started hyperventilating as Snowheart closed her muzzle and shook her head in confusion. 

She was about to say something when Dave came in half carrying his semiconscious brother. Arron, was still pressing his wound with one hand and had his other over Dave's shoulder to help keep him on his feet. 

"We need a doctor!" Dave yelled. 

Nurse Snowheart's jaw dropped when the two men entered, nurse Sweatheart and Doctor Hoarse both appeared in the doorway of the waiting room when they heard Rainbow Dash's yelling. 

Doctor Hoarse was the first to recover from the initial shock. He trotted over to the two men and looked up at them. 

"What seems to be the trouble?" He said in a no nonsense kind of way. 

Arron carefully lifted his shirt making all the ponies in the room gasp. He pressed his hand firmly back on the two gauze pads which were soaked through. 

Doctor Hoarse trotted back to the doorway where he appeared. "Quickly," he said. "Follow me!" 

Dave obliged and followed after him. Nurse Snowheart had determined expression on her muzzle as she followed after them. 

Doctor Hoarse opened the one of the double doors of the operating room, nurse Snowheart opened the other one allowing the two men to enter. The operating table was a bit small for a full grown human but Dave helped his brother lay down on it, though his feet, and a part of his legs stuck out over the end. 

The doctor and nurse went into another room for a moment before returning with masks over their muzzles, nets covered their manes, and what passed for latex gloves covered their fore-hooves. Dave wasn't too pleased when the other nurse came in and forced him from the room, even though he was much larger and could have stayed if he really wanted to, he reluctantly acquiesced. He actually thought it was kind of cute the way she pushed the back of his leg with her forehead as she attempted to forcefully remove him from the operating room.

Arron was looking up at the doctor who was trying to tell him something, but his mind, now in a state of delirium, wasn't able to make heads or tails of what he was saying. He let his hand slip from the bandages as unconsciousness was trying to overtake him. The doctor seemed pleased as he vanished from sight.

Doctor Hoarse used his magic to levitate the bloody bandages off Arron's wound. He didn't even gasp at what he saw, he only took the sterilized needle from Nurse Snowheart and methodically sowed up the wound. 

When he was about done Snowheart looked over the huge creature in front of them. "I think this is the first time in the history of Equestria, anypony operated on a bighoof," she whispered.  

Doctor Hoarse glanced at her. "Not now Nurse Snowheart," He calmly said. "Though I do admit that this is pretty exciting."  

She nodded her head as she dabbed the sweat that was forming on the doctor's brow with a towel. He thanked her as he finished the last stitch, tied off the end, and cut off the excess. 

"Now all we can do is wait," He said as he left Snowheart to finish re-dressing the wound with clean gauze pads. 

Dave was leaning up against one of the walls, his arms were crossed and he looked glum as ponies kept glancing over at him. He was too upset to even care as a few of them were staring wide eyed at him.	Pinkie Pie was sitting on her haunches next to him. Her hair was slowly deflating as the air around the room was so heavily laden with anxiety and worry that it was effecting even the most outgoing pony in Ponyville. 

Rainbow Dash was sitting on one of the padded benches against the entrance wall. She was looking even more miserable than Dave was. Twilight Sparkle sat next to her and kept telling her that what happened to Arron wasn't her fault. 

Rainbow Dash finally got fed up with the alicon's attitude and flared her wings in anger. "No, Twilight," she yelled catching the princess off guard. "You weren't there, I was! And Arron stood his ground when I brought that statue to life by touching it and do you know what I did!" 

Twilight's eyes were nothing but pin holes as she slowly shook her head at the enraged mare. 

"I ran! That's what I did!" Rainbow Dash used both her hooves to point at herself. "Me, the most loyal pony in Equestira left Arron alone to save herself!" She sighed in frustration as she slammed herself down onto the mat.  

Twilight shook off her bewilderment. "Rainbow Dash," she said as she put a hoof on her friend's shoulder. "You panicked, I don't think Arron blames you for running away." She smiled. "If it were me, I know I wouldn't." 

Rainbow Dash glared at her. "No Twilight, you wouldn't have... but I did and now I'm so angry at myself I don't know what to do!" She got right in Twilights face before backing up a bit to give her some space. "So much for being the element of loyalty." She mocked herself with a half hearted chuckle. 

Twilight was about to say something else, but Doctor Hoarse entered the waiting area. Rainbow Dash flew over to him almost knocking the poor confused colt off his hooves. 

"How is he Doc?" She asked with hopeful eyes. "Is Arron going to be OK! Can we see him?" 

Doctor Hoarse pushed Rainbow Dash away as he got back on all four hooves and adjusted his shirt before he spoke. "I honestly don't know," he said as he turned to Dave who had a full blown scowl on his face. "I did what I could but I'm not sure about bighoof physiology, he's unconscious at the moment so I will need your assistance to carry him to one of the rooms." 

Dave grumbled as he walked over to the doctor and waited. "Excellent, now if you'll follow me..." 




Arron's eyes shot open as he quickly sat up in bed which wasn't a good move. His head pounded and his side ached, like a lot but despite his discomfort he swung his legs over the side of the bed and got to his feet. He yawned and cracked his neck and shoulders before taking a good look around the room. The first thing he noticed was that his head almost hit the ceiling. 

That's odd? he thought as he took a tentative step forward the pain in his side made him wince but it was bearable so he took a few more steeps and looked out the window where the morning sun bathed his face with it's warm glow. 

He smiled but he noticed that his mouth was really dry. Why do I feel like I haven't had anything to drink in a while? he thought as he turned around. He gasped as he saw the bed he was sleeping in wasn't a bed at all, but beds. In order to accommodate his unusual size the ponies had put two beds end to end. 

He smiled again. "Now that's rather ingenious," he said aloud as he rubbed his chin that had at least a few days worth of stubble growing on it.

He didn't have time to question it when the door opened and Nurse Sweatheart trotted in. She was a bit taken aback at what she witnessed. Arron wasn't just awake, he was out of bed and was looking rather confused as she gaped at him. 

She slowly backed out of the room and galloped down the hallway. Arron heard the sound of her hooves fade in the distance. Then he heard her return and she was bringing some pony with her as there were two sets of hooves galloping to his room. 

Doctor Hoarse went wide eyed as he entered. "What are you doing out of bed?" he demanded, stomping a hoof. 

Arron shrugged, "What do you expect me to do lie around all day?" 

The doctor frowned at this. Nurse Sweatheart turned to the doctor. "He's been asleep for the past three days, shouldn't he at least walk around?" 

Arron gasped. Three days? he thought. "What do you mean I've been out for three days?" He exclaimed. 

"Whoa!" Doctor Hoarse told him as he waved his hoof to try and calm him down. "Don't go getting all frantic like that or you'll pull your stitches." 

Arron looked down at his bandaged abdomen. "Ah," he said looking back at the doctor. "Good point."

Doctor Hoarse trotted over to him and made him sit on his bed so he could inspect the wound. He used his magic to carefully remove the dressing. "Your wound is mending nicely," he said with a satisfied grin. "So, I guess I could discharge you, if you want?" Arron nodded. "It was a good thing that some pony knew proper first aid. If they didn't patch you up like they did then you might have bled to death." 

Arron shrugged. "I did the best I could with what I had." 

The doctor and nurse both balked at this. "You mean you're a doctor?" Doctor Hoarse exclaimed surprised.

Arron shook his head. "No... but I am an Eagle Scout so I had to take several life saving merit badges..." He slumped a bit. "Then I had to take more classes when I became a security guard at the speed way, though it was more of a refresher course for me." 

The doctor and nurse shared confused looks. "Well, I don't know what an eagle scout is but it was good that you had some first aid training." Doctor Hoarse said as he re-applied the dressing. "But I forbid you to do anything to strenuous or you might reopen your wound." He gave Arron a cautious glare. "You'll promise not to do anything to stressful?" Arron nodded. "And... you'll to come back ever day to have that dressing replaced?" Arron nodded again. The doctor sighed as he trotted out of the room. "Then follow me please." 

Arron got off the bed and followed the doctor back to the waiting area where the doctor had him sign some discharge papers, plus a promissory note saying he'd be back every morning to have his dressing changed. While he was signing the papers the doctor went to retrieve the rest of Arron's attire. He came back out with his shirt socks and shoes, holding them aloft with his magic. Arron started dressing and was rather pleased that they had washed his socks and shirt as there was a really flowery smell emanating from them, but especially the shirt. He took a deep breath through his nose as he pulled it over his head. 

The doctor smiled in satisfaction as he looked over the paperwork then he bid the man farewell before heading back to check on his other patients. 

Arron felt like stretching as he walked out into the morning sun, but he was afraid of reopening his wound so he decided against it. He couldn't help but smile as the scent of spring filled the air. He was going to head for Twilight's castle, to see what happened the last three days. He was mildly surprised to see the purple princess heading his way, and Dave was with her. They both started running toward him when they noticed him. 

"Arron," Dave yelled. "You're alive!" 

Dave was about to give him a big hug but Arron held out his arm to stop him. "Of course I'm alive," he flatly stated and gave his younger albeit taller brother a look of disappointment. 

Dave gave him a goofy grin. "So how's the gut?" 

Arron pulled up on his shirt to show him. 

Twilight gasped, "Wow, that looks a lot worse than what Rainbow Dash told me." She trotted over to him as Arron knelt down so she wouldn't have to crane her neck to look at him. "Does it still hurt?" Arron shrugged, "Well, it certainly doesn't tickle." He said jokingly. Twilight frowned at him. "Sorry, sorry," he apologized. "It doesn't really hurt so much as ache." 

Then Twilight blushed a bit when she heard his stomach growl. "Yea," Arron sheepishly said as he rubbed the back of his head. "It seems I've been out a few days and I haven't eaten anything yet." 

Twilight smiled at him. "Then I think we should head to Sugar cube Corner and have a bite... I'm buying!" 

"I think you might regret saying that Twilight," Dave said with a conniving grin.

Arron rolled his eyes. "I'm not that big of an eater and with this hole in my gut I don't want to eat too much, I am pretty parched though." 

Twilight reared up and started galloping toward town square. "What are we waiting for, come on..." She halted just a few feet away as she decided to wait for the brothers. "Sorry Arron, I didn't mean—"

He shook his head in understanding. "It's alright Twilight... or should I be addressing you as princess?" 

Twilight blushed as she rubbed the back of her head with a hoof. "No, no, Twilight is fine." 

Arron stood up and the odd trio headed to Sugar Cube Corner. Twilight and Dave were eagerly telling Arron everything they'd learned from the book Dave recovered from the old church. Arron was listening intently to what they both were telling him as they walked. 

If what their telling me is true, then there's a lot more to Equestria than even what the show has revealed, he thought.