When I was finally done hugging Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, a terrifying thought made itself known in my head and shivered. I gestured to Baron to come over to my side. The yellow knight did so without any complaints.
"Before we start talking, I got one thing to show you and I want you to Pinkie Promise one thing..." I stated with a small amount of terror knowing what I'm gonna' do is going to let me end up in terrible pain.
"What's that?" Celestia asked in curiosity seeing my body language have shifted into quaking fear and she could see I am trying to hide something behind his back. Luna walked behind me to see what they are, but I quickly sidestepped to not let her see them.
"We want you to Pinkie Promise that you must not injure us with sunburns or frostbite from what we are going to tell you," Baron explained with hardly any fear in his voice, but he's stretching his legs as Ryugen quickly hid behind the throne, knowing what could happen and doesn't want to take part of it.
"Why?" Luna asked again with a bit of irritation in her tone.
"Please!" I begged as she backed me against the wall.
Luna and Celestia looked at each other in confusion, but they proceeded to do the Pinkie Promise in perfect unison, "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake to my eye, we Pinkie Promise not to injure you with sunburns and frostbite."
I gulped as I laid two bundles of paper and a note on the floor and patted them with obvious fear before I quickly scrammed out of the throne room as if there was a bomb about to explode!
After Gaim fled the room, Baron calmly walked to Pinkie Pie while the sisters were unfolding the paper balls carefully with their magic.
"Pink one, can you hold on to this until we return?" Baron requested as he held out Gaim's sashimono.
"Yepperoonie! You can count on me!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed cheerfully while giving a salute as she took the flag in her hooves.
"Good, now if you excuse me, I have to run for my life," Baron finished his statement by dashing away at the same speed Gaim went when he fled the room.
"Why in tarnation would two of the greatest warriors of the 15 want to run for their lives?" Applejack wondered in puzzlement, but then it turn to surprise when she saw the enraged look and flaring mane Luna is wearing as she read the note while Princess Celestia had a stern look on her face.
The Mane Six peered over the Princesses' shoulders and read the message on the note.
To Princess Celestia and Luna:
In a effort to find our comrades, Baron and I looked through your diaries and copied the locations from them. Please forgive us!
- Gaim
"Oh, that's why." Applejack noted.
"RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN!" I screamed in terror as Baron and I made a quick, sharp turn down a hallway as we dodge yet another blast of magic-powered laser beams, "I told you we shouldn't have copied from their diaries!"
"COME BACK HERE! WE STILL HAVE NOT GIVEN YOU THE LEVEL TEN LASERS!" Luna roared as she and her sister soared after the fleeing warriors. Luna's eyes are filled with intent to make us pay for reading their precious journals. but Celestia's were rather filled with annoyance as she followed after her.
I know she was rather disappointed to me and Baron for reading their diaries, but I could see in her eyes she couldn't help but felt pity for us. She knows Baron and I are not to blame as we are merely trying to find our comrades, but that didn't stop her from shooting a few blasts of energy at our heads!
As we turned a corner from their line of sight, Baron hid behind a pillar while I dove into a nearby room and slammed the door shut. The area was gloomy with hardly any sound and light except for a pull-chain light I could barely see, which only made the situation worse as I started to hyperventilate until something grabbed my shoulder.
Scared out of my wits, I carefully turned around and saw two glowing yellow eyes as if they are glaring deep into my soul. I was about let out a scream but the light was immediately turned on to reveal a figure I know too well. I recognize that green armor and white bodysuit anywhere!
"Zangetsu!"
Unfortunately my sudden shout attracted Princess Luna's attention as she ripped the door out with her magic, I shrieked as I jumped behind Zangetsu, despite being quiet most of the time, was also quaking at the scary look on Luna's face. he quickly put up his Melon Defender in a futile attempt to shield us.
"Here's Luna!!" With excellent aim and precision, she fired a rock made of pure magic hitting me right on the noggin. As I faded into unconsciousness with little oranges flying around my head, the last thing I saw was Zangetsu catching me.
Zangetsu could only watched the blue alicorn known as Luna walking inside the room and gently pulled Gaim out of his grasp with her magic.
"Sister, We retrieved Gaim! Have you captured Baron as well?" The Moon Princess called out.
"I have him!" Celestia replied as she carried a K.O.'d Baron with a visible band-aid on his head.
"Good! Let's take them to the throne room along with the white one I found in here!" Luna glared at Zangetsu who could only shiver in fear as her shadow overcast him.
A few hours after I woke up and the Mane Six returned home, I found myself mopping the floors before Princess Celestia and Luna in shame while I nursed the somehow visible bump on my head.
Other than my second-in-command and close friend Baron who is currently polishing the statues, Ryugen and Zangetsu are also cleaning the windows because they were indirectly involved with my predicament. I turned my head to look at the Royal Princesses as they continued to stare at us with impassive faces. Not wanting to get into any more trouble, I quickly went back to work!
"How long do I have to do this?" I moaned as my shoulders started to ache from the constant mopping.
"You're almost done, just keep mopping for one more hour," Princess Celestia notified.
I sighed in regret as I rinsed the mop in the bucket next to me before I resume my work. There is one lesson I have learned from the whole experience.
Never look in a princess's diary!
Two stallions with bushy black beards and hard hats trembled in fear as four bipedal figures skulked towards them as they carried boxing gloves, a war hammer, and two saws. One figure was busy guarding the door to prevent anypony from coming inside while holding his spear.
The first figure with huge boxing gloves spoke, "All right buddy! What did you do with the deed to our land?"
The second figure with a war hammer continued, "The deed was supposed to be inside Manehattan's museum, but then we found out it was stolen and followed the tracking seal we placed on it to this location!"
The third figure with the saw spoke last, "Oui, so tell us..."
In perfect unison, the group yelled out, "Where is it?!"
The crooks could only scream in fear as the shadows converge on them!
