As we head out of the hospital I pause at the door. Outside there must be hundreds of guards in golden armor lining the way. There are even some in the air, making the path into a tunnel. Behind the guards are even more ponies looking in to see what's going on. Some have cameras, but most just look like average citizens looking out of curiosity.

"What's all this for?" I ask as I turn back to Shining, who is levitating a pair of shackles.

"We're making an example out of you," he says as he tries to put the shackles on me. In one motion I slap the shackles away and draw my pistol, pointing it straight at his face. He looks at the gun and seems unimpressed by it as he conjures up twin short blades.

"Don't make me kill you," I say as I pull the hammer back, clicking it in place.

"And how would you do that? Hitting me with that piece of metal?"

"This piece of metal would blow your fucking head off if I were to pull the trigger. There would be no reaction time for you to move, no time to comprehend what happened, just a loud bang, and death." We stare each other down, neither of us faltering. We don't even allow ourselves to blink, we just wait for the other to make the first move.

"Miles," Twilight says from the side. I don't look at her, but I listen. "Please, don't kill my brother. He's just doing his job; you would do the same if you were in his place. Please don't harm him." I hold my pistol there for a second before I drop my arm. With a heavy sigh I holster my weapon and step back.

"Only because you asked, Twi. But I will not be made an example of." I turn and walk out the front doors without the shackles. I take a few steps out until two pegasus guards jump in front of me and point spears at me.

"I told my guards to apprehend you if you didn't cooperate, so it's either you go willingly or by force. Your choice." I smirk at his stupidity and flare my hands. I shoot in between the two guards and hit the ground, making a white spot appear on the ground. The guards try to stab at me, but can't because they start to slide backwards. I feed a little more energy into the spell and soon enough, everyone except me is pulled into the center of the road. I cut off my magic and walk towards the mass of ponies. I look around until I find Shining and pull him out a little. "What's going on?!" He yells at me.

"I created a small gravitation field. I told you already that I'm more than willing to go, but I go on my own accord. I'll let you wait here to think about that." I let go of him and start to go throughout the crowd, giving marks to any non-guard ponies. Those with the marks fall out of the mass and run away as quickly as possible. Lastly I take out Twilight and Cadence from the mass.

"Miles, what are you doing!?" Twilight asks as I set her down.

"Making an example of them. Now Cadence, I assume we're taking some form of transportation to Canterlot, lead on." She looks between me and the mob for a while, before she takes a deep breath and straightens her posture.

"Let them go, and we'll get going."

"I'll let them go when I'm on the transportation."

"No, you'll do it now."

"After."

"Now!" We stare at each other for a second until Twilight coughs for our attention.

"Why don't we compromise - Miles will let some of the guards go now and the rest when you get to the train, sound fair?" I look over to Cadence and nod before I turn back to the mass. I pick out four pegasus guards and give them my mark, letting them fall out of the crowd.

"There, now can we get going?"

"What about Shining?" Cadence asks. "I will not leave without my husband by my side."

"AGH, fine." I go back and pull out the rent-a-cop from the mass. When he gets out he straightens out his armor and is about to tell me off, but stops when Cadence wraps him up in a hug. "Can we get going now?"

"Very well, let’s go." I follow Shining and Cadence through Ponyville, looking at all the damage I caused. A massive crater sits on the edge of town, with many of the nearby homes and businesses destroyed.

"How many casualties were there?" I ask.

"Luckily, only a few minor injuries," Twilight says, getting a scoff from Shining.

When we get to the station I flare my hands and wave them in the air, ending the spell and letting the guards free. When we approach the train I turn to say goodbye to Twilight.

"Twilight..."

"Miles..." We say at the same time.

"It's been fun." I say.

"I'll bring everyone to visit as soon as possible."

"Well, hopefully I'll be back in a week, any longer than that, then go ahead and visit."

"Take care, and please, try to be nice to my big brother," she says as she glances over to him.

"Heh... I'll try. Give everyone my regards." I turn and walk into the train cart. The cart is fairly wide for being a cart, giving room for two aisles of benches. I take a seat to the left and look out the window. "Be sure to watch over that idiot of ours OK?" I yell out to Twilight, as rows of guards come running to the train.

"I will."

"And try to make a list of everybody’s house that was damaged from the explosion, so I can repay them."

"I will," Twilight yells as the crowd of guard’s swarm around her, entering the various carts of the train. When they finish filling every seat on the train, we start to slowly move out. I look out and wave goodbye to Twilight, who waves back to me. As we begin to move faster, I notice Storm hovering in the air, watching the train leave. I stick half of my body out the window and call out to him, getting him to fly over. When he's close enough I grab him and pull him close to whisper into his ear. When I finish I let go of him and pull myself back into the cart.

"Understand?"

"Yeah... I'll do it," he says before he flies back to the train station. I sit back and look over to the other bench to see Cadence and Shining staring at me.

"Care to tell us what you just told him?" Shining says.

"Just to water the flowers, nothing special," I say as I sit back.

"How close are you and Twilight?" Cadence asks.

"Don't worry, we're just friends."

"Better be..." Shining mumbles as he looks out the window. Oh... I sense an over protective brother, can't tell him about Storm and Twilight now.... or ever.

The ride is taking an eternity to get to its destination. We must be traveling at thirty kilometers an hour. It doesn't help that everyone in here is stoic and silent. The only sounds I hear are the train and the occasional mumbles between Shining and Cadence. Well... I've got nothing better to do. I pull out my phone and play the next song. The song starts with a snare drum tapping away. Soon some electronic bass fades into the background until the drums drop and the bass makes the beat.

"What is that sound?" Cadence says as she looks around. I pocket my phone and start to look around as well.

"Is that you?" asks Shining.

"Do I look like a drum set?" He rolls his eyes and starts to walk down the cart, trying to find the source of the sound. I look back, every guard sitting perfectly still except a single guard bobbing his head to the beat. Awesome.

"You there, are you the one creating this... noise?" Shining yells at the guard bobbing his head.

"Fuck you, techno is music!" I yell out to him, making him walk back to me.

"So you are making the noise then, liar."

"When did I lie?"

"I asked if you were making the noise."

"And I asked if I looked like a drum set. I never said I wasn't making the sound." He facehoofs - whatever, it's still true.

"Turn it off."

"Not a fan of Deadmau5...?"

"Now."

"Someone’s a Skrillex fan," I say as I pull out my phone. "Won't even let me finish this one song."

"It's not a song, it's just noise, now turn it off."

I look over to Cadence and ask, "What do you think? Music or noise?" She looks around, surprised at being put on the spot all of the sudden.

"Well... it is kind of catchy, maybe just let this one finish and then stop after that, what's the harm in playing music?" Shining sighs and takes his seat next to her. Ha, Miles one, Shining negative five. I lay my phone next to me and look out the window. We're traveling up a mountain towards a castle on the side of another mountain. I look at the building and slowly come to the realization that this is the same castle Luna lives in.....

"FUCK YEAH!" I yell as I jump up, getting looks from everyone.

"Miles, it's catchy, but..." Cadence starts.

"No, I know, I.... just really like this song."

"Really?"

"Y-yeah. Who wouldn't.... besides haters like Shining."

"What does that even mean?" he asks.

"It means you hate things without giving them a try first, hater."

"I'm not a hater, I have a job to do..."

"So having a job makes you a hater?"

"I... just.... he... AGH! How does Twilight deal with you!?"

"First off, she’s not a hater," Shining mumbles something, "and secondly she doesn't demand things from me. She asks, and I oblige. Simple as that." Shining looks out the window to pout to himself, getting back rubs from Cadence. Whatever, Miles two, Shining negative four hundred. I look back out the window and watch as we get closer and closer to the castle. We pass through a couple of tunnels until we reach the final stretch of track to Canterlot. Before we finish this track, the train comes to a stop and all of the guards start to exit the train.

"I thought we were going to Canterlot." I ask as I turn back to Shining and Cadence, who are looking over at me with sinister looks on their faces.

"Oh, we are." I try to get up to fend for myself but a solid green beam comes from Shining and hits me square in the chest, knocking me out.

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I'm flying through the clouds with Rainbow Dash right next to me, following the train as best as I can.

"Why are we doing this again?" Rainbow asked, annoyed with having to fly to Canterlot.

"Miles told me that he sensed something off about the prince and princess, so we're going to follow them to Canterlot to make sure nothing fishy happens."

"What do you think could possibly go wrong?"

"I don't know, but whatever it is, Miles made me go get my sword for it, he also asked me to bring these weird metal tubes and to be careful handling them."

"Well... do you think..."

"SHH, look, the train stopped." I point down to the train and see it come to a stop well before Canterlot. After a bright green flash from the front cart, all of the guards start to come out of the carts. Rainbow and I take cover on a nearby cloud and watch as Cadence and Shining take an unconscious Miles to a giant bush. They levitate the bush to reveal a cave entrance, which they march into. "Rainbow, get the others and meet me here, we're going after him."

"What are you going to do?" she asks nervously.

"I'm going in."

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