Let's Sneak Off
The queen, Lullaby, the guards and the two pairs of twins walked into the castle and Dover and Snowflake looked around in surprise. The castle was so... beautiful! Their home was also very nice looking but not as nice as this one. Dover and Snowflake were about to walk up the stairs but the queen pushed them to the side and went upstairs with the guards and Lullaby. Rainbow Sparkle and Flame walked into the castle last, went over to Snowflake and Dover, who were lying down under the stairs.
"Thanks for saving our lives." Rainbow Sparkle said with a smile and Flame nodded.
Snowflake and Dover nodded slightly, laid their heads on their forelegs and closed their eyes slowly. Flame and Rainbow Sparkle then walked upstairs to their room, pulled the covers of their beds aside and settled into them. What they didn't know was that downstairs, a mare and a stallion were peeking through one of the windows.
"Did you see that? They let them go!" the mare guard said in surprise and disbelief. The stallion guard sighed in frustration and rolled his eyes. "Oh... if that was me...!" the mare guard continued then the stallion guard hit her in the side and she stood like a statue then fell onto her side.
"Will you be quiet?! You annoy me as it is and the plan worked perfectly." the stallion guard said as he gritted his teeth.
The mare guard then stood up and shook some dry leaves out of her mane. The two guards then walked back to their home. The next morning, Rainbow Sparkle and Flame woke up earlier than usual and tiptoed downstairs to see Dover and Snowflake. They were still in their same sleeping positions from last night. Rainbow Sparkle then tiptoed to Dover and tapped his shoulder a few times. He groaned a little then opened his eyes slowly and looked at her.
"Morning, you two. Do you need anything?" Dover asked sleepily as he rubbed his eyes.
"Let's go outside and run about before everypony else comes downstairs." Flame replied and he gave a grin at her.
"Won't you get in trouble with your mum?" Snowflake asked as she yawned then stretched her forelegs.
"Oh who cares if she'll get mad! I may be fifteen but she doesn't tell me what to do!" Rainbow Sparkle said and she crossed her forelegs and gave an angry look.
Flame then wrapped his foreleg around his twin sister.
"Wow, I'm like that with our dad." Snowflake said and she did the same thing as Rainbow Sparkle.
"Come on, let's sneak off right now..." Snowflake said in a whisper then she giggled and gave her cheeky look.
"Alright but we need to be extra quiet because we don't want to get caught as you know what our mum is like." Rainbow Sparkle whispered back in an annoyed voice.
"Yeah, she is so overprotective, stern but I know that she loves us both very much. I actually wonder who our dad is." Flame said then he gave a sad sigh.
"Wow, we never knew our mum. We were told she died after she had us. We don't know what she looked like but I've been told that I look so much like her." Snowflake said with a sad smile.
"I suspect that I look a lot like my dad." Dover said and he gave the same smile that Snowflake was giving.
The four friends then looked at each other and tiptoed out the front doors and closed them nice and carefully.
"So, where do you want to go?" Rainbow Sparkle asked as she looked at Dover then she flew a little into the air.
"Let's go to that meadow where we played at, the first day we met." Snowflake replied excitedly and the other three nodded in agreement.
They then all galloped off to the meadow.