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// Escape from Klugetown 
// Story: FlameStar vs The Mean 3 
// by FlameStar05 
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FlameStar slowly trudged through the desert, literally dying. He was tired, hungry, thirsty, lost and had no friends to help. The mission was clear to him: go to Mount Aris to seek aid for the Mane 6. With this in mind, FlameStar refused to give up. He pushed onward.

"Must... Get... To Mount Aris..." FlameStar groaned. "Find the Hippogriffs... The Hippos... Won't let me down!" FlameStar looked up and shivered. There he saw the place he despised most: Klugetown. "I can do this..." FlameStar said, his hooves still quaking.

FlameStar arrived in Klugetown and it was the most despicable, deportable and the most unadorable place he had ever seen. Everything was filthy, many animals walked on 2 legs and everyone traded things to make a living.

"Ok." FlameStar said to himself. "Twilight said to lay low and don't attract any attention to yourself..." Just as he got moving through the cursed town, he bumped into someone's wagon!

"What's your problem?!" The creature yelled.

"Ack! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" FlameStar apologized. "Let me get that for you!" FlameStar picked up the dropped goods and put them back in his cart.

"SCRAM!"

FlameStar wasn't happy. He nickered in frustration. "This STINKS!!" Not realizing how loud he was, he alerted the other creatures. 

"Hey guys! Come check this out!"

"Oohoho! A pony! With a fire!" FlameStar covered his mark from the atrocious beasts.

"Oh what do I do...?" FlameStar wimpered. 

"Easy!" One creature said. Then all the creatures pulled out weapons. "We Scar them then eat what's left!"'

"Screw this! I'm outta here!" FlameStar ran swiftly out to the outskirts of the city when he spotted a Red-orange and Green glow. It was the Villains. They followed him to Klugetown!

"Wait..." FlameStar pondered. "The Docks! I need to get to the Docks!" FlameStar ran back into town when he remembered the creatures chasing him. "Wait... I better take this to the rooftops." FlameStar teleported to the roof when he saw the villains from down below.

"Where are you, FlameStar?" Cozy sang. She then fired a warning shot.

"Come out come out wherever you are..." Tirek sang.

"Star flame, Star fame, Where are you FlameStar? We wanna play a game!" Chrysalis sang.

"It's called 'PUT OUT THE FIRE ON THE RENEGADE!'" Cozy yelled. FlameStar spied the docks and saw a burgundy air skiff with black attachments on it. 

"I need to get there!" FlameStar said. As soon as he jumped to another building, it caused a snap sound, alerting the Villains. 

"Let's Get him!" Chrysalis yelled. Tirek jumped from building to building while Chrysalis and Cozy both flew toward FlameStar. FlameStar weaved through the lasers and jumped from the rooftops. Just as the villains got close to him, FlameStar jumped off the rooftops and into the alcove. He sprinted to the gate of the docks when the three villains blasted through the wall and galloped to FlameStar. FlameStar blasted a flame stream and cut off the villains, giving him enough time to board the ship. The ship then departed leaving the Villains behind.

"Great!" Cozy said angrily. "Now what do we do? I can fly high, But Chrysalis can't fly that high and Tirek can't fly."

"Easy solution." Chrysalis said. "You can fly high so you can follow that ship!"

"What about you guys?" Cozy asked. 

"We'll be ok. We'll find a skiff and catch up as soon as we can." Tirek said.

"If you're sure..." Cozy answered. 

"GO! The ship's getting away!" Cozy flew to the skiff, flapping hard to catch up to it. Meanwhile in the ship, FlameStar was taking a breather.

"I'm safe..." FlameStar said out of breath. Just as he was going to find some food crates, he set off a trap, and was put in a cage!

"HEY!" FlameStar exclaimed. "Let me out!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, trespasser." A purple unicorn said. She had black crystal armor and crystal horseshoes and a red mohawk like mane. Her cutie mark wasn't visible but she had a scar and a broken horn. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't fry you."

"Its an emergency!"

"Oh? How so?"

"Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow escaped their concrete prison! I need to get to Mount Aris!"

"... Name's Tempest Shadow." The unicorn said. 

"FlameStar. Now how's about we get to Mount Aris?"

"... I got my eye on you. Don't try anything funny..." Tempest snarled menacingly.