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// Sneaking Through the Castle 
// Story: Pets N' Ponies 
// by ShopperBrony90 
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"Hurry up, everybody!" Russell said. "We need to warn Twilight!" Pepper sped up. "Yah, yah. We get the point." Zoe caught up with the rest. "But Tirek sounds horrible!" Vinnie raced up front. "Yah, he does." Minka dashed right behind Vinnie. "Of course! He steals magic!" Sunil sprinted. "Do you think he'll steal my magic?" They all shook their heads.

Panting and sweating, Penny Ling slowed down. She put her paws on her knees and looked down. She wiped her eyebrows. "A-At least...he, he...*gasp*...can't...steal...our magic...*exhales*...be-because we...we d-don't have..*breathes heavily*...magic! Right? *Gasps*." Pepper rolled her rose-eyes and scooped Penny Ling on her back. "C'mon!"

After fifteen minutes of searching for the castle, they had finally found it. They sneaked inside the chilly, cold crystal walls of the castle. Guards scattered around the building, so they had to be extra-cautious. Of course, they had to search for her room, considering they had only been there a few times.

They decided to split up. Zoe would go with Russell, Vinnie, Penny Ling, and Sunil would go together, and Minka would go with Pepper. Russell's team would go east, Vinnie's would go south, and Pepper's would go north. Unluckily, they didn't check west, where Twilight's room was.

Zoe and Russell sprinted across the room. Footsteps became louder, so Zoe hid in a purplish-blue vase, while Russell hid behind it. A Pegasus guard passed by, not noticing the duo of pets. Once he was out of sight, they turned a corner while the guard went straight. Unfortunately, the guard heard they noise of feet passing by. He followed the noise, suspicious.

Vinnie, Penny Ling, and Sunil dashed around a corner, and into a enormous corridor full of vases, plates, and cups, which told a story about the journeys of Twilight. They each crouched down under a long table, where the plates sat. A Unicorn guard trotted by, looking very aggressive, the pets did not want to go his way. Suddenly, Zoe and Russell zoomed through the corridor, looking behind themselves. After they went by, Vinnie had noticed they were getting chased by a guard. The unicorn guard joined the chase, so Vinnie and the rest followed them.

Minka and Pepper dartedupstairs, into an incredible hall full of paintings of Twilight fighting a beast. A dim part of the room was filled with precious gemstones, which, of course, caught Minka's eyes. While Minka admired the stones, Pepper heard clip-clopping up.

ahead. She called Minka over, and they walked towards the noise. Suddenly, Zoe and Russell zipped towards them. There was a big crash.

The guards had not recognized the pets, they thought they were just stupid intruders. Vinnie's team had finally caught up with the chase, but the guards noticed them. They rounded them up until they were all tied up in a thick rope, very tightly.

The unicorn levitated the pets and threw them out the window. The pets hit the ground with a big thump. But seriously, they were on the second floor. "Ow!" The pets said together. Pepper chuckled bitterly. "Hey, you could say that again!

Hehe." The pets smiled bitterly. "Ow!