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// Escape 
// Story: Lost Family, Part 2 
// by FanofAwesomeness 
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	"Are you done with that cylinder yet, Rarity?" Nightwolf asked. "I'm going to need it soon." He had already made the hole so the cylinder would fit. Then hechored th rope to the main body.
"You can't rush perfection," Rarity said.
"It doesn't have to be prfect. Just round and hollow."
"Well here you go," Rarity said, tossing him the stone.
"Alright," Nightwolf said as he slid the cylinder into place. "Conferrumino," he muttered. The stone instantly melted together forming a single piece. "Now time to enchant this thing. Let me know if any changelings get close. They can't know about this."
"Got it," Rainbow said.
He began chanting the what he needed for it to work. He channeled in his emotion and power from the ground into the small object. "Zjarri kur unë të urdhëroj. Përdorni fuqinë me tokë për të forcuar. Pushim gurin. Zjarri kur unë të urdhëroj. Përdorni fuqinë me tokë për të forcuar. Pushim gurin. Propel indarra eta abiadura handiko energia zehar bihurgunean objektu hau. Propel indarra eta abiadura handiko energia zehar bihurgunean objektu hau. Gōlī mārō jaba maiṁ ādēśa. Kamāṇḍa' aāga' kāma karanē kē li'ē-"
"Changeling," Rainbow said, interrupting the enchantment. "Hide it!"
"Adraśya ḍagalō," Nightwolf said, quickly hiding the device behind a veil. "Get over here and pretend to sleep."
"Got it." Rainbow was back over resting her head on Nightwolf's back so she would seem asleep.
"You!" the thing commanded. "Get up!"
"Me?" Nightwolf asked. "Why would you want me? Your tricks won't work on me. I've guarded myself too well against your traps."
"Because," it said, shifting into Twilight. "You didn't do well enough."
It was feeding on him. He felt his life beginning to drain, his blood begin to slow. He became dizzy and eventually just passed out cold.
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Twilight couldn't believe what she was seeing. Nightwolf was being drained. She couldsee his life force being weakened. She could see him weaken. She could see the trap.
Before she even thought abou what she was doing, Twilight pointed a hoof towards the revealed machine and muttered the same thing Nightwolf had. "Adraśya ḍagalō."
She was suddenly dizzy and felt weak. This must be the effect of using a spell not meant for unicorns. When she resteadied her vision, the changeling was looking in the cage that held Nighwolf and Rainbow Dash. "I guess he wasn't playing tricks," the thing said after switching back to it's natural form. "Oh well. It was a good snack."
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Nightwolf woke to see Rainbow looking out the cage bars. "Good to know somepony has been keeping watch," Nightwol said. "How long have I been out?"
"Two hours," Rainbow replied. "The guard comesback every half an hour. He should be back soon. Once he leaves again, you should finish with that thingimagij."
"Let me know when he passes," Nightwolf said. "I'll fake-sleep until then."
It was hard not to really sleep. It had gotten late and using so much magic was tiring. But if he didn't get that thing done before the guard came back, hewouldn't get another chance to escape. It was already a miracle the thing hadn't been revealed from the veil after Nightwolf had passed out. "He's gone. Hurry up."
With that, he began to work. "Zjarri kur unë të urdhëroj. Përdorni fuqinë me tokë për të forcuar. Pushim gurin. Zjarri kur unë të urdhëroj. Përdorni fuqinë me tokë për të forcuar. Pushim gurin. Propel indarra eta abiadura handiko energia zehar bihurgunean objektu hau. Propel indarra eta abiadura handiko energia zehar bihurgunean objektu hau. Gōlī mārō jaba maiṁ ādēśa. Kamāṇḍa' aāga' kāma karanē kē li'ē prayōga karēṁ."
"You done yet?" Rainbow asked. "He could be coming around the corner any minute now."
"Just finished," Nightwolf replied. "We can test this thing on him."
Right after Nightwolf finished his sentance, the changeling came around the corner towards them. "What are you doing?"
"Aāga'!" Nightwolf exclaimed. The device shot out the rock and it hit the changeling in the head with anough force to knock it unconscious. Nightwolf then reeled the rock back in with therope and reloaded for the next shot. "I'm aiming for the machine next. When it goes down, you'll know. Bust the doors when it goes down and then run. Run as fast as your hooves can carry you."
"What?!" Rainbow asked. "What about you?"
"I'll be following you shortly after. Aāga'!" The thing fired and hit a large stone structure. There was a spark and green light began to escape. "Go!"
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Twilight felt her connection to magic return. It was a rush. She aimed her horn at her cage door and blew it off it's hinges. She repeated the process with the other doors. "Come on!" she yelled at them. "We have to get out before the Queen gets back."
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Nightwolf was exhausted. His wing was broken and his sister and friends were escaping. You did good, Nightwolf, he thought. You did good. Now you need to rest. Or run. "Come on, Nightwolf!" Rainbow said, interrupting his thoughts. "Are you waiting fo a written invitation? We have to get out of here!"
"Go," Nightwolf replied. "I'll catch up in a minute."
"We don't have a minute! Come on! I'm not leaving without you."
That settles that, Nightwolf thought. I'm running. "Right behind you. Now let's get out of here."
And with that, they ran.