It was 4:30 AM when they made their move, Spike and Silverstream made their way to the kitchen slowly and quietly and began poaching as much food as they could fit in their bags. Once filled the duo opened a window and flew the coop.
"What'd you get?" Silverstream asked as they flew to Scootaloo's home
"Mostly cans of spaghetti and water" Spike replied "You?"
"I got three canteens, a few boxes of crackers and some juice boxes"
"Alright, let's go start what will most likely be the biggest regret of my life" Spike declared as the two descended onto Scootaloo's home. Scootaloo was just stepping outside when they landed
"Alright team!" She declared "Ready to run away?"
"It sounds bad when you say it like that" Silverstream replied "Think of a different way of saying it"
"How about we talk and walk, just in case somepony decided to wake up early and question us"
"Spike it's 5 am," Scootaloo said as the started walking "We got a cool 2 hours before anypony wakes up" Meanwhile at Sugar Cube Corner Pinkie was watching the three of them through Binoculars
"Well, well, well" She whispered "Looks like someponies didn't take into account ponies who've been awoken by crying foals" She lowered her binoculars and thought for a second
"Should I get Rainbow and Twilight now? or let them get a head start?" She looked through her gear again "ah, it looks like they're super prepared for this...I'll give 'em a 20-minute head start" she decided as she watched them head out. Spike suddenly froze
"What's up?" Scootaloo asked, "not getting cold feet are we?"
"I just got the feeling...the feeling that a Pink Party Pony is watching me," Spike said, greeted by silence "Run!" without a word the trio turned and high tailed it to the Everfree forest
"is it safe to go into Everfree?" Silverstream asked, "I still remember those porcupine things!"
"It'll be a lot easier to hide from the Mane 6 when they come chasing after us!" Scootaloo shot back
"I agree, future Spike can deal with Twilight, present Spike isn't about to do that!"
"Oh, not again with that" Scootaloo muttered as the three entered the forest "where are we going!?"
"Keep going forward then head west!" Spike yelled
"Why West?"
"Cause there's nothing over that way, and they'll think we're running to something!"
"Good plan," Silverstream said as they all booked it, Pinkie meanwhile was panicking
"I didn't think they'd run into Everfree!" Without hesitation, Pinkie slammed open her WIndow and used her loudest and biggest Megaphone to yell across the entirety of Ponyville "SOS, EMERGENCY! RUN AWAY, CHILDREN! RUN AWAY, CHILDREN!"
"WEST NOW!" Scootaloo yelled as the trio turned hard and ran into the Tree's
"This feels dangerous!" Silverstream called out
"It's this or Twilight!" Spike shouted back
"I'll just keep heading west then" Silverstream decided as the trio hightailed it into the depth of the forest!" meanwhile back in ponyville
"She's doing what!?" Rainbow Dash demanded
"Scootaloo, Spike, and Silverstream all ran into Everfree!" Pinkie yelled out her window as a mob of ponies gathered around
"SPIKE!" Twilight yelled as she turned to the forest, she looked at it hard, looking angrier by the second "he was smart to run in there, but also unbelievably stupid!!" She looked over at Rainbow "Help me look for them, Everypony else, either go back to bed or help look!" With that Pinkie jumped out the window and ran at full speed to the forest.
"Spike!" she called "Scootaloo, Silverstream! If you come back now you'll be in a lot less trouble then if they have to chase you down!" she got no response as she continued yelling, up above Twilight and Rainbow looked around
"Let's check the castle of the two sisters first," Twilight said as they made their way South
"Told ya" Spike smirked as the trio watched them fly away while hiding in a muddy bog "Let's move before" Spike turned and froze when he saw what Scootaloo was standing on "oh holly Celestia" Scootaloo and Silverstream looked at Spike in confusion as he shook in fear, before he pointed at Scootaloo's hooved "Cr..cragodile" he whispered, the other two looked down and saw the sleeping beast and froze
"Shit" Scootaloo muttered in fear as she slowly got off it's back "No sudden movements or loud..." Suddenly off in the distance Pinkie's voice ran out
"COME BACK, THIS PLACE IS SUPER DUPER DANGEROUS." The Cragodile opened it's eye's and The Trio ran as fast as they could threw the muddy bog and, just as the Cragodile fully awoke the trio was climbing a small hill and moving
"Don't get separated" Spike called "this place is hella scary!" as the trio ran over the hill Pinkie spotted them and yelled out "WEST, TO THE WEST!" Twilight and Rainbow, who had just reached the castle, turned to Pinkie's voice, they just managed to catch sight of them and Twilight lit her horn to teleport them, Spike meanwhile grabbed the two and jumped behind a tree and the trio immediately started sinking into the muddy ground, the three sat in silence, waist deep in mud, when Twilight and Rainbow teleported in
"SPIKE! GIRLS, IM GIVING YOU ALL TO THE COUNT OF THREE! COME OUT NOW AND I PROMISE YOUR PUNISHMENT WILL BE SHORT AND SWIFT"
"Bullshit," The Trio all thought independently as Twilight looked around she frowned
"Let's move, I don't know where they're going, but there's only so many places they can go, we'll find them, or they'll come out in defeat!" Twilight said as she took to the air with Rainbow following, the Trio sat in silence
"I didn't plan on Pinkie Pie catching on to us" Scootaloo sighed "I'm sorry guys."
"Well you’re welcome," Spike said as he pulled his bag out of the mud and began rummaging through it until he pulled out a potion "Cause I calculated the odds of us getting caught were at 60%" Scootaloo slowly turned to him
"And you didn't think to tell me that?"
"40% Chance of nothing eventful happening" Spike shrugged as he popped open his potion
"What is that?" She asked
"A Teleportation potion" Spike held it up "It'll take us to a Pond just outside of Los Pegasus" He smiled and got a smile back from his two traveling buddies"
"So these potions in my Bag?" Silverstream asked
"Will Teleport us to three different locations, to be used in emergencies only!" Spike helped the three of them up and, after Spike took all their bags so nothing was lost, the three all called out
"HEY!" Twilight and Rainbow turned in the air,
"Bye Rainbow" Scootaloo waved as Spike held up the potion, Twilight turned to them
"Spike don't you dare!"
"See you next fall!" Spike replied as the girl's grabbed him and he crushed the bottle in his hand, The Potion turned into a Vortex in his hand and in a flash the three were gone along with a spherical section of the mud they had been in, there was silence for a moment before Twilight's scream rang out
"SPIKE!!!" Rainbow looked at where they had been and nodded
"Well played kid, Well played" She smiled, then frowned and shook her head "Her aunts are gonna be pissed tho"