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// Chapter 2 - A Hoof and a Hand 
// Story: The Blood Chronicles 
// by King_Blood_I 
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Chapter 2 - A Hoof and a Hand

I was shocked, Twilight Sparkle, my favorite pony, was laying on my chest! The gate that had brought her here shut. She recovered before I did. When she saw that she was somewhere new she leapt up and exclaimed "Spike, Applejack, Pinkie Pie! Where are you!" I could feel that she was frightened. "Twilight calm down I'm sure your friends are alright." I say to her as I get up from the floor. She then noticed me and said "Who are you? What are you, and how do you know my name?" I then gave her my smart remark. "My name is Blood, I'm a 5 foot 9 inch white human male with red eyes and white hair, and I know who you are because your a cartoon." She then walked up to me and came about an inch or two from my face. I guess she was studying me. With her that close to my face I managed to get a whiff of her scent. She smelled like paper but with a hint of some unknown sweetness and it made me blush a little.

Everyone in the class was dumbfounded. Even Mr. Bass. Then like a bad cough the FBI shows up. They bashed through the door and pointed all manner of guns at Twilight and I. Twilight looked around to see what was going on then I looked right at her and said " They are not ours friends Twilight, I'm the only friend you've got right now." She looked at me as if she was about to cry. Had I upset her?
"Twilight, please get us out of here."
"If I do, will you give me answers?" She said with certain sadness in her voice.
"Yes I'll tell you anything you want to know." I say to her with sincerity.
And with that her horn started to glow and we teleported. We reappeared not to far from the school."Crap! We need to get farther away. Come on Twilight." She gave me a silent nod and we took off down the road.

When we stopped we were behind a ice cream shop that was not open at the time. Twilight was looking around the corner to see if we were followed. I sat down on the ground and went to lay down on the dirt. I leaned back and cracked the back of my head on a dumpster. The sound scared Twilight. I quickly placed my hand on the dumpster to stop the noise. Then I checked where I had hit my head and it was bleeding, badly. My white hair started turning red because of the blood. Twilight look at me with concern and asked "Are you OK?" 
"I'm fine, and even if I wasn't there isn't much we could do about it"
"Let me see." She commanded.
"No, I'm fine. Now ask the questions you wanted me to answer."
She smiled " OK then, My first question is: Are you OK?"
"Yes I'm fine" I said with annoyance in my voice. 
"You said you'd answer my questions but your lying to me."
"Twilight, I said I would give you answers, but I never said they would be honest answers."
She walked around me and used a healing spell on my wound. I didn't remember her using healing magic in the show. Then she looked at me with the cutest face and asked "Will you answer my questions honestly now?". I nod my head yes.

I looked at Twilight ready to answer her. "Ask away,Twilight."
"For starters, where are we?" she inquired.
I take a deep breath and say "Your on planet Earth, on the nation of America,in the state South Carolina, behind a ice cream shop."
"Haha, very funny. Wait." She lifts up her hoof to her ear. "Do you hear that?"
I pause a moment and listen. I hear what sounds like a faint scratching sound coming from inside the ice cream shop. I point toward the shops back door and Twilight nods. I reach for my sword but it wasn't there! I had it on me when I was in the school did it slip off my belt? "Oh well guess I'll beat whatever it is up with my fists" I say silently to myself. We approach the door cautiously for fear that it may be a trap. I slowly open the door.

"Twilight do you have any spells that let others see in the dark? It's pitch black in here." I whisper to Twilight.
"None that I can recall right now, sorry." she replied. The room seemed cold. I reach over and give her a small pat on her shoulder and she smiles back at me. We heard the scratching again but then we noticed it wasn't scratching we were hearing it was chewing. I reached beside the door to try and find a light switch and I did find one. I flipped the switch and the light came on. To our surprise the room was barren with four large empty ice cream containers on the floor. I gave Twilight a hand signal to stay at the door. Thankfully she understood hand signs and nodded in agreement. I took just a few steps forward when I heard "Hi! I've never met you before!" come from behind me. I turned around and saw nothing but Twilight standing at the door. I turn back around and I see Pinkie Pie stand right it front of me. I jumped back because I wasn't expecting her and Twilight exclaimed "Pinkie Pie your OK!." as she galloped to her friend.

Pinkie gasped and hugged Twilight. "Twilight I've missed you sooo so much! I've been in this room for a long time and the only company I've had was the ice cream and ice cream doesn't make a very good conversation partner." The three of us chuckled, then Twilight asked "Pinkie do you know where the rest of the girls are?". Pinkie put her ears down, frowned, and shook her head no. Twilight then introduced Pinkie to me. We then decided it was best to stay in the ice cream shops back room for the night. Twilight and Pinkie passed the time chatting and I passed it by thinking. Where had the my sword gone and not to mention the key. Keys vanish all the time so I wasn't too concerned about that but full sized swords, don't usually vanish without a trace.

It was about midnight when Twilight came and sat next to me. Pinkie Pie was asleep with her head in a empty ice cream bucket. Twilight sat for about ten minutes when she said "Blood can I ask a gigantic favor from you?"
"Of coarse, just don't ask me to pull the moon down." I said to her with a smile.
"Will you please help me find my friends?" she kindly asked me.
I wanted to say yes but my mouth spoke the word "No."
"What! Why? My friends could be in danger!" she plead.
"There is nothing in it for me." What was I saying? I want to help but my voice won't let me say yes.
She sat there for a while and finally she said " Your right it isn't fair. I can't just ask for you to help me without giving you anything back so how about this, you help me find my friends and I'll try to teach you magic. Sound like a fair deal?". I was finally able to say what I wanted again. "OK Twilight you got a deal! I'll help you find your pals and you will teach me magic. Shake on it?" I  offered out my hand and Twilight placed her hoof in it and we shook. We sealed the deal by a hoof and a hand.