When you wake up, your body lay on the floor, your left wing way for bearing your body while you were asleep, when you lift your leg to try to relieve your pain, you realized that you had shackles, but not only in your legs because you couldn't move your wings.
You tried to take off the shackles, until a sound caught your attention, quickly you laid down on the floor and pretended to be asleep.
“We have caught him”.
“And where is he?”.
When the noises were close Aria appeared with two griffins and looked at you in shock.
“Gavin?”.
You lifted your head to see her but didn´t say anything.
She was in shock, the griffin that had flirted with a few hours ago, was the murderer that was causing tension between the griffins and ponies.
“Why you did it?”.
“…”.
Then a guard angrily said.
“She asked you a question scum”.
Aria knew you would not talk with her with the two guards present.
“It´s ok, Thunder, Jhol leave me alone with him”.
“Are you serious?”. Asked Jhol.
Aria looked at the two griffins with an annoyed look, they just waved and left.
Looking to you again and with a serious look, she asked.
“Gavin, if that´s your name, tell me why did you kill all these nobles and diplomats?”.
You knew only one thing, whatever you did, you were dead man once an assassin is caught, this must die to avoid revealing any secrets, although he has not spoken.
“…”. You were sure this was your end, all yours “Friends” would deny knowing you, but you never would talk because despite being a murderer, you weren't a rat.
Aria frowned, took the key and entered the cell to interrogate you.
“I'll tell you once more, tell me why you did it?, who you work for?”.
“…”.
She then punched you in the face, you just received the blow but you didn't answered or changed your expression and she angrily shouted.
“If you don´t tell me in this instant I will kill you”. She said bluffing.
You didn´t say anything, your cheek began to turn red by the blow that I had given, she looked at you with a murderous look.
She raised her paw to hit you again but stopped when she heard the two griffins calling her, she turned to see them and while was distracted, you took the key from her belt.
Aria turned to see you again and said.
“This isn´t over, I will see you in the trial”. When she turned you knew that she would realize soon that you had the keys and quickly opened the shackles of your legs.
You charged at her, but not to kill her, there was no reason to do so, even the Princess knew your face now, your whole life you kept a low profile and everything was ruined in one night, when you were next to Aria, you pushed her, causing her to lose balance, you ran through the door and closed it behind you.
Thunder charged at you, but you bent down on your back and with your hind legs, you launched Thunder against the cell bars knocking him, the other guard charged too and you dodged him and with a kick, he crashed with Thunder.
“If I manage to get out of here, you´re done!”. Shouted Aria behind you.
Approaching to her, you said.
“I have nothing against you, but if you do not leave me alone I'll have to kill you”.
She threw you a swipe in response, but you dodged, she continued yelling things to you, which caused the two griffins be awakened from his sleep, so you ran out of the dungeon.
Running through the halls of the castle, you tried to find a way out but all there was were hallways and closed doors, after
several minutes running, you found an open window a few feet from where you were.
You tried to open the shackles on your wings but could only open one, because in a hallway near to you Shining Armor appeared.
“Hey you!”.
You looked at him, then to the window and then he realized what you thought, shouted.
“Stay where you are!”.
You ran towards the window, with one wing still shackled and jumped off hoping to fall in soft ground, flapping your free wing you tried to stop your fall speed, until you landed on the stone floor on your right side, coughed some blood and tried to get up, but a sharp pain in your right leg did you fell back, our right leg was broken and your wing severely hurt.
Hearing the guards approaching to where you were, ignoring the pain, you opened the other shackle and flew toward the Everfree forest.
Aria approached where you've landed, followed by some guards when she arrived Shining captain was already looking at the place.
“Where is he?”. Aria angrily asked.
“I do not know, but he can´t be far away, he's bleeding”.
On the place where you crashed, there were some feathers and a bit of blood, the footprints that you left didn´t help to know where you headed, because you took flight.
“Captain Shining you know this city better than I, take the royal guard and seek him, I will go to the forest and will try to find him there”. Replied Aria.
Everypony took their respective directions and the hunt started, when Aria and his two guards reached to the forest, she motioned to them to spread to cover more terrain and she headed to a nearby lake.
You were flying but you could not go on like this for a long time, the intense pain in your wings made you land in a nearby lake, and decide to examine your wounds, two ribs and a broken leg, internal damage, your right wing was not fit to fly and some minor cuts on your right side, after examining your wounds, you approached to the water to cleanse you a bit.
She spotted you and landed a few feet from you.
“Surrender and come with me”.
“I told you to leave me alone”.
She didn´t care and started walking toward you.
Then you turned to her and replied.
“I´m warning you”. You stood in an aggressive position, without standing on your broken leg.
“And what are you going to do?, you can barely stand up, you are still bleeding and had an sprained wing and broken leg”.
Then she stepped forwards and continued.
“You´re going to be judged for killing those innocents”.
You started to laugh and she arched an eyebrow.
“What's so funny?”.
“You called them innocents but I call them enslavers and murderers”.
“Do you think I’m going to believe that, you are just a cold murderer”.
“I could have killed you back in the cell, but I didn´t”. You retorted.
Aria thought for a moment and then replied.
“You made a valid point but you still are under arrest, so come with me”.
You just growled at her and replied.
“I can´t go back there, if they find me they will kill me”.
“What? Who?”. Asked Aria with a surprised look.
“Everypony who had a connection with me or to whom I have ruined their business, now that everypony will know who I am, they will try to silence me”.
“I’m sure we can protect you”.
You were starting to get angry by his insistence and angrily replied.
“No you can!, they have ears and eyes everywhere and have more power than you and me”.
Aria was taken aback by your angry response, when you realized, that you were scaring her you lowered your head and you coldly said.
“You can let me go right now or you will need to end my life”. Aria watched you for a while, trying to find some sign of lying in your eyes or a reason to just kill you right there, after a while she sighed and replied.
“Wait here”.
She went to a nearby tree trying to find something, your instinct told you you escape but something stopped you, you did not know what it was but you decided to pay attention, while you expected for her, you started to lick your wounds like a wounded animal.
When she returned with something in her beak that seemed like a plant you asked.
“Are you going to kill me?”.
“What!? No, I was looking for this”. She had a kind of moss and began to chew, putting it on a leaf, you indicated that you gave your leg, she carefully took your leg and put the moss where the fracture was and applied pressure, you closed your eyes tight and you stiffened while your leg screamed in pain.
“You can open your eyes now, Tough boy”. She said with a smirk.
You didn’t notice but she managed to bandage your claw, seeing this you feel confused, “is this what ponies mean by kindness?”.
You were seeing your claw and looking at her you asked.
“Why?”.
“Pardon?”. Aria made a confused look.
“Why do you help me?”.
“Hey, I’m trying to be nice”.
“No, what I mean it’s that no one helped me before”.
“Don´t say that, I think your friends would have helped you”.
“When you do what I do, nopony want to be your friend”.
Aria was silent and with a smile she replied “I still don’t trust you but if you promise me to be a good griffin, I will try to be your friend”.
You stayed surprised by his words, you knew that you could not escape in these conditions and even if you could make it, she would try to catch you again, so you opted for the only option you had.
“I Promise”.
She approached her claw to you but before you could grab her, a brown blur tackled you and sent you flying into the lake.
“Why you did that!”. Aria angrily shouted to Thunder.
“What?, he´s an assassin”.
“But he wasn´t trying to escape”.
Thunder just shrugged and Jhol appeared on the scene, landing near them.
“Where is he?”. Asked Jhol
“I tackled him and now he´s into the water”.
“Thunder?”. Asked Aria.
“What”.
“He´s not coming out”.