Frost was almost done when he heard talking really close to him so he decided to cloak and waited until the area was clear again, but instead of the voices dying out they were getting louder and it seemed that there were more than one. A few seconds of waiting and the area was full of guards searching the area, luckily Frost camouflaged the ship before anyone could notice. The guards kept coming before they all stopped and from the sky landed three pegasi that were part of the Wonderbolts.
"Listen up! We believe that a very dangerous criminal is hiding in the forest! It is our job to fish him from whatever hole he crawled into and bring him to the Princesses! This being a joint operation so we will be joined by the Crystal Guard! Fan out and search the area!" she said like a Gunnery Sergeant before taking off followed by her two wingmen.
Frost had to get out of the forest before he got compromised, but first, he must make sure that they don't discover the Medivac. Frost crawled a few hundred meters away from his ship and found three ponies talking and three shots echoed through the forest attracting the majority of the patrols to him, now at least they won't find his only means of escape. He hid in the foliage and started sneaking letting the ponies wonder what happened to their comrades.
Frost made some distance, but he was coming across more and more guards and even aerial patrols. He must have sneaked where they believed he was more likely to be and now he was in deep trouble, more guards means more eyes watching every detail plus the bird's eye view from the Wonderbolts in the sky. Frost tried to go back the way he came, but to no avail as he was surrounded by the unsuspecting ponies that luckily hadn't found him yet even if he was right under their muzzles.
Frost had to think of something or he would be discovered soon. There was a tree right next to the bushes where he was hiding and he thought up a bold plan that could get him out of the circle. He activated his cloak and started climbing the tree as quietly as possible to not alert the Pegasi patrols, he made it to the first branch that was some distance above the ground and at the same level where the Wonderbolts were flying. He climbed a little more before he attempted to jump to the branch of another tree, the rustling made some noise, but not loud enough to attract unwanted attention, he again leaped to another tree and to another when he only had one jump to escape the encirclement and he jumped. This jump proved to be his most unfortunate one in his life as he plummeted down to the ground while making a hell of a noise.
Frost recovered from the fall with only his arm dislocated and a blurred vision as he made a run for it in the opposite direction where he heard talking or hoofsteps. Now with almost all of the ponies in the forest on top of him he had to find a safe spot to uncloak to recharge his energy, there were noises all around him and ponies even almost bumped into him. He continued to run until he found some dense foliage that could hide him for a while as he regained his senses. The suit uncloaked as he was still in the open due to him running out of energy and now was standing in the middle of an army of ponies. Just as he was about to get out of sight he got divebombed by the pony leading the search and now was trying to keep him down to the ground.
"Look at what the cat dragged out. Send word to the Princesses that the criminal is in custody!" she ordered.
Frost didn't use his full strength to wiggle a bit out of Spitfire's grasp, but she believed that he used his full power and started taunting him.
"Ha! Is that all you've got? I've trained rookies tougher than you!" She yelled not knowing that Frost was reaching for his rifle.
"If you are training your troops like you're gloating, than you're doing a wonderful job." Frost said before he hit her with his weapon butt stunning her for enough time to make a run for it.
"You will not get away so easily!" Spitfire shouted.
Frost continued to run, but now with Spitfire and a few more ponies hot on his trail. He started messing with their heads using the tactics that he learned from battles long gone, a few zig-zags to disorient the pursuers then a few improvised traps that he made in half a second. Frost was so close to get out of the forest and Spitfire knew so she sent for all the Wonderbolts near her location to surround him.
Frost was right at the edge when simply vanished leaving not even a track behind for the ponies to see and shocking them to the core.
"How in Celestia?! Where could he disappear to?! Check the bushes pronto!" Spitfire ordered annoyed.
"This guy really is something. He's like a ghost." Soarin' said after he landed near his commanding officer.
"Don't be ridiculous! Keep searching! He's here somewhere." Spitfire finished.
After a thorough search, the ponies concluded that Frost had escaped probably using magic and thus evading arrest, but unknown to them is that Frost hadn't even left the forest because he was hiding in a hole he especially dug for this kind of situations. After the coast was clear, he emerged from his hiding spot and a stimpack later he started making his way to Fluttershy's cottage.
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"This truly are dire news." declared Celestia worried after she had received the report about the escape of the criminal.
"A non-unicorn using magic is almost unheard of, sister." said Luna.
"I believe he didn't use magic." announced Twilight getting the attention of three Princesses that met at her castle.
"It is possible that he could have suspected an attempt to apprehend him so he could have taken precautions." added Cadance.
"This proves that our opponent is very resourceful, but he can't hold out alone against the whole of Equestria." said Luna.
"But this doesn't mean that he isn't dangerous. He must be caught immediately and, if the circumstances call for it, be sent to Tartarus." added Celestia.
"We could at least try to reform him like we did with Discord." proposed Cadance.
"I agree. After he is captured, he will be given two choices, the path of good or the path of evil. It will be his choice to make." said Celestia.
"The search ponies said that there is no sign of his presence in the Everfree Forest and three ponies were found deceased. The mere thought fills me with dread. He must be staying somewhere really close to Ponyville, but where?" wondered Twilight.
"I want more guards stationed in Ponyville at once. I cannot allow somepony that dangerous roam freely so close to my little ponies." commanded Celestia to a guard.
"I can try to find him at night while I am roaming through the dreams of our subjects." volunteered Luna.
"Thank you, sister. Any form of aid is welcomed at this point." said Celestia.
"Maybe we can ask Discord to find him for us, him being the Lord of Chaos and all should make it easy for him to learn of his location." added Twilight.
"I dare ask, what if this criminal decides to come to the Crystal Empire? It is almost completely undefended apart from the guards that were stationed by Shining Armor." worried Cadance.
"Do not worry. You may return together with Shining Armor to the Empire and see to its defenses. We will remain in touch." said Celestia.
"Thank you, I will go as soon as possible." replied Cadance.
"One more thing Princess. The Cutie Map started acting rather odd lately, it always changes the patterns and colours and it is very difficult to spot a friendship problem. I believe that our fugitive friend may have been responsible for this, I have studied the surface and saw traces of hits and cuts. I think that he took a piece of it." announced Twilight.
"But what can he do with a piece so small and without magic it will prove useless to him?" asked Luna skeptically.
"I don't know, sister. But we must learn of his plans quickly so we may prepare." answered Celestia.
After the meeting and all the princesses left her castle, Twilight grew uneasy due to not knowing the reason behind the break in into her home and cutting a piece of the Cutie Map. She called for her student Starlight Glimmer to make her feel better in this turmoil.
"Starlight, I feel so confused and undecided. I know that I shouldn't ask this to you , but, what should I do?" Twilight asked dramatically.
"Remember all the times that I had been confused and looked to you for answers, everytime you said the same thing: 'Follow your heart.'" Starlight answered.
"I am so proud of you right now, I was afraid that I wasn't a good enough teacher to you, but you're right. I will go to the library and search for something about pieces of the Cutie Map. You keep things under control here with Spike until I return." said Twilight.
"Wow, really? Your heart tells you to go study at a time like this? No matter, I'll do my best to watch over the castle while you are gone." replied Starlight with a frowned face.