Chapter Two
You walked home quickly, avoiding guards as you made your way to the outskirts of Ponyville. When you finally made it home, you let out a sigh of relief. You couldn't believe what had just happened. You had also broken your number one rule: You left a witness alive. Questions started racing through your mind at a mile a minute.
"What if she turns me in, or worse what if she wants to blackmail me?" You thought out loud.
You heard someone pound on the door.
"Open up, please, please open the door!" The mare said. "They followed me here!"
You opened the door and see DJ Pon-3 standing there, with a very panicked look on her face. She ran inside, then closed and locked the door.
"What is it?" you asked.
"The guards, they think I killed those stallions!" she said, still in panic mode.
You had vowed never to leave witnesses for that reason, you didn't want someone else blamed for your crimes. Now you had to figure out how to fix this before the guards get to her.
"Ok, are you sure they follow you here?" You asked.
Just as you said that sentence, there was a loud pounding at the door.
"Royal Guards, open up the door!" You heard the guards yell.
You looked at DJ Pon-3 with an irritated look.
"Seriously, you led them to my doorstep!?" You asked.
"I had nowhere else to go! They were at my house when I got there, so I bolted." She replied.
You looked around for a place to hide the mare, and found a small cubby hole under a rug where she might be able to fit.
"Get inside." You whispered.
You knew that she would be reluctant, so you grabbed her foreleg and 'helped' her. She let out a small yelp when you grabbed her, for you had grabbed her where the other stallion had. You closed the cubby and slid the rug back over it to cover it up.
The door on the front of your house broke down and as the Royal Guards busted through it.
"Where is she?" One of the guards asked.
"She ran in, knocked me over, and ran through the back door. I don't know where she went from there." You said making sure not to sound like a liar.
You were a good liar, you had to be with your 'talent'.
"Search the house, make sure he is telling the truth." The head guard ordered.
They decided to check the top floor first. Only the head guard staying on the first floor to keep you in check. You needed to get out of there, fast. You spun around and smacked the head guard with a strong uppercut making sure to avoid his armor. He stumbled backwards and went to swing back. You dodged his attacked with great agility and countered with a swift buck to the stomach. He dropped to the floor, and before he could get up, you bucked him again, this time in the head, knocking him unconscious.
You opened up the cubby hole and helped the DJ out of her hiding place.
"C'mon, lets go. We have to get out of here." you said.
You both ran towards the front door that was already open, for obvious reasons. As you walked through the door you knocked over the candles that were lit on a stand next to the door. The stand caught fire and started burning everything around it.
"That should do the trick." You said to the mare.
"Yeah but where do we go from here?" She asked.
You had been planning for emergencies like this for years.
"We head to the Everfree. I have a safe house there for emergencies." You said.
You both take off down the road heading to the Everfree Forest.
You walked for about twenty minutes into the Everfree, and finally made it to the safe house. You go inside to see a dusty room. One twin bed sits in the corner. A small table big enough for two people sits next to the window on the back wall.
"We need to get you stitched up, you are bleeding pretty bad." You said looking at the wounds on her face.
"Yeah, that would be great." She replied.
"Can I get a name? You ask.
"I know your stage name but not your real name" You said as you took out your First Aid Kit.
"It's Vinyl Scratch, What's your name?" She asked.
"Oh, uh, the name's Dead Aim." You say reluctantly, breaking your second rule.
Nine stitches, two painkillers, and two bandages later, you were finally done fixing her wound.
"Thanks, it feels a lot better now." Vinyl said.
"Don't mention it." you said in an emotionless tone.
You weren't use to taking care of anypony but yourself, but inside, it felt kind of nice, having somepony to talk to. Of course, you had to shut those feelings down, you knew that when you got too close to anypony, it would be an unfortunate end.
"Ok, I guess we should stay here until morning." You said as you looked at the old clock on the wall that read 1:00 AM.
"Ok, sounds good to me." Vinyl said.
"You take the bed, and I'll take the floor." You said, remembering to still be a gentlecolt.
"Ok, are you sure?" Vinyl said as she jumped up onto the bed.
"Yeah, it'll help with your head." You said, still trying to be nice.
"Ok, thank you." Vinyl said with a small smile on her face.
She slid under the covers and fell right to sleep. You couldn't help but feel bad that you dragged such a nice mare into such a bad mess. You decided to lay down in a spot next to the bed, and fall into a restless sleep.