It's been two days since The Anghenfil kidnapped princess Skyla, and Equestria and The Crystal Empire were searching everywhere for them. They searched high and low, from city to city and still they couldn't find them. However, Shining Armour sent his best men to search through the Everfree forest. He'd now relying heavily on his men's reports and princess Luna, searching through the dream realm for that dream where Cadence was with something like The Anghenfil.

Cadence however, was in an emotional state. As everyone was looking for the princess and The Anghenfil, Cadence spent most of her time in her room, looking at Skyla's cot or spending time with her sister-in-law and aunties. She wanted her daughter back, but she also wanted him as well. Why did he took Skyla? What does he want? And what happened to him? Cadence believed that The Anghenfil wouldn't do this willingly and he too is a victim as well. She only told a certain amount of ponies who's The Anghenfil is and how she knows him. Other then that, it's unknown who stolen Skyla to the publics. Only the royals and her sister-in-law's friends knows.

Right now, everyone was in the crystal throne. Cadence sat on her throne with her head low while Twilight tried to comfort her. While Twilight's friends were all there as well, they really didn't talked to anyone apart from themselves. Not because they don't want too, but they don't know what to say to something like this. Celestia was also by Cadence's side while her sister, along with Shining Armour, was out trying to find The Anghenfil. Luna had none stopped searching for that dream and she could almost feel the dream ever closer the harder she tried. It has been a hard time for all, no one has really rested since the kidnap and none are willing to stop till they find Skyla and The Anghenfil.

Soon enough. The door that enters the throne room opened to reviled Shining Armour in his royal captain armour. Of all the people determined to get Skyla back, her father was at the top of the list. Ever resting, barely eating and never giving up until he has Skyla in his arms again or The Anghenfil brought to justice. Yet even for what that creature has done, Shining knew him from what his wife has told him and he knew how important The Anghenfil was to her past so he will bring him to justice, but not rough or aggressive because of Cadence's background with him. Everyone's head turned to Shining in hopes that he had some good news. Sadly...

"Nothing" Shining said in defeat. "The reposts as nothing out of the normal or any hint of him or Skyla of their way about"

"It's alright Shining" Twilight said with pitiful smile. "We'll find them, he can't hide forever now and he may forget something that'll give us a glue to his location"

Cadence shook her head. "That wouldn't work, his whole life was in those woods and he knows how to camouflage his surroundings. Everyday in those woods, ponies would come and go, and he would make sure that all of his tracks, items and his very self disappear like he never existed"

"We must not give up hope now" Celestia spoke with her motherly voice. "If what you say is true about him, then he may return with Skyla because of the goodness in him. From what you said about him, he would never bring harm to you or anyone close to you"

"Which is why I think he's not doing this willingly, a lot could happened to him throughout those years, alone, cold and scared" Cadence's eyes welled up with tears and placed her front hooves over her eyes. "For goodness sake, I think he's beyond scared. He must be terrified and thanks to his horrid nickname 'The Anghenfil', he probably never had a warm meal or the warmth of a cosy fire or..." She couldn't go on. She cried and cried. Her daughter has been taken away from her, her closest friend is the kidnapper and now they are all alone in the open world, being hunted down. Twilight, along with Celestia, placed a wing around her as the rest watched with sadden looks on their faces. Such a horrid feeling for one to take alone.

But from out of nowhere. The princess of the night appeared with the biggest smile on her face.

"Everyone" Luna called for everyone's attention. "Good news, I found the dream"

Before anyone could look or say anything back. Cadence's head shot up and she rushed towards her aunty. "You have!? Are you sure?!"

"Indeed I have" Luna replied with pride. "It was at the far edges of the dream realm but I have finally found it. Once he fall asleep again, you and me can enter his dream and in front him"

Cadence's eyes widened in joy and she hugged Luna with all of her strength. "Oh thank you, thank you!" She yelled in happiness. She then let go of her aunty and both of them walked down the hallway to get ready to meet him again from ten years apart.

'Jorge, I want to know why' She thought as she walked with her aunty.

'Oh my God, does she not shut up?!' Jorge thought while he blasted his head on a nearby wall. From the last two days. He had been hunted down twenty-four seven none stop, his food supplies were getting low and now his newly guest won't stop crying. He thought it would be a breeze, but he did not know that a having a child wouldn't be.

Growly, Jorge headed towards Skyla's room and opened the door. Jorge's home was merely a ruin building close to where the Castle of the Two Sisters was. In his time in the forest, he had to fix every single cracks and holes in the building by placing some flat rocks and leafs on the ground, walls and roof. It may not be the perfect nor the prettiest home, but it is his home. Now, it's noisy home.

Skyla's room was originally his and still is. But he had to steal a cot from the local baby shop which he nearly got caught by the local guards, but luckily he got away and hide his tracks. Skyla still had her blanket that Jorge stolen from her original cot and was now kicking it around as she cried.

Jorge reached towards the cot and picked up the baby.

"What is it now, girl?" Jorge growled as he hold Skyla out, arms wide out and was holding her as if he had no idea what she was. "You cry when you're hungry, you cry when you want to go and now you're crying from what? What's wrong!?" Jorge then brought Skyla closer to his face and started to analysis what's making her cry. As he did that, Skyla stopped crying for a bit and looked at Jorge's scruffy bread. She then reached out and touched it, making Jorge stop for a monument and looked into Skyla's eyes. As she played with his bread, Jorge looked deep into her eyes. Her eyes, looked like his and it brought peace for Jorge. He knew that he has no relation to her. But yet, Skyla's eyes looked almost, no, completely like his and it didn't creep him out at all. Instead, it makes Jorge smile.

"I guess you just want someone to play with, eh?" Jorge chuckled as Skyla played with his fuzzy bread. She giggled as it tickled her front hooves. "You're just like your mother, wanting to know what the hell I am" Jorge sighed, remembering his time with Cadence in the woods. All those good time...  All gone and stuck in the past. Yet it still hurts like a hornet sting, you'll never forget the pain.

Suddenly, sounds of flying wings, insect wings were heard not so far away. By the sounds of it, there was no more then a dozen of them. Jorge's eyes widened for a second before he put Skyla back into her cot and put his finger over his mouth to tell her to be quiet. As if she knew what that means, Skyla started to close her eyes and slowly went to sleep. Jorge quietly exited the room and headed to where the sounds of the insect wings was heard. From his room, he past through the small hallway, entered the just fixed living room and reached the door, which he opened with confidence.

Outside was Jorge's neutral ally. A queen of the changelings; Queen Chrysalis.

She stood there with two bodyguards and behind her was three drones carrying wagons of supplies. Queen Chrysalis gave a toothy grin at Jorge.

"Ah, Anghenfil" Chrysalis said, showing her fangs. "How is my strange, helpful assistant?" She didn't knew about Jorge's real name cause he didn't tell her. He just told her his nickname instead.

"Disappointed that it took you this long" Jorge grunted as he headed towards the wagons. He reached to one of them and looked at the changeling that was pulling it. He snorted and the changeling quickly unattached himself from the wagon and hided behind another. Chrysalis shook her head and waved one of her front hooves aside, telling the bodyguards and the drones to leave her alone with Jorge. As the changelings started to walked away from them. Chrysalis spoke again.

"So, ain't you going to invite me to your little home?"

"If I was, we wouldn't be talking here, won't we?" Jorge questioned Chrysalis's intelligence as he looked through one of the wagon to check that everything was there.

"Come come, Anghenfil"  Chrysalis giggled as she walked closer to Jorge, placing a hoof on his shoulder. "Is that the way you talk to the pony that has helped you all those years?" The words she said lifted Jorge's head, with eyes widened. He was having a flashback, a very common flashback. His pupils shrunken and his hearing slowly died out. All he could hear was two echoey voices.

'Do you see me as a friend?'

'Maybe more?'

Luckily, before more could happened. He shook his head and was back to his normal self, though it hurt him a little.

"No" Jorge quickly answered the queen's question. "They normally stab you in the heart and run off for some random boy on the street" He then moved away from Chrysalis's hoof on his shoulder and headed to the other two wagons, mainly to do what her did in the last one.

"Ah yes, her..." Chrysalis snarled, remembering her defeat at the wedding. "Speaking about that, heard anything useful, Anghenfil?"

"Not from the information you gave me, I heard nothing important so far" He turned to face Chrysalis. "Why, have you?"

"As a matter of fact I do" She grinned again, showing once more her fangs. "I heard that she has given birth to a healthy young foal"

Jorge's reaction was quick. She knew, but Jorge can hide his emotions from her and can easily improvise quickly.

"What?!" Jorge shouted in pretend anger. "Not only does she get married and have a castle of her own, now she has a child and it is the offspring of the boy that made all this?!"

"I knew that would tick you off"

"Tick off is the not even the word I would use to describe it!" Jorge walked away from the second wagon and checked on the last wagon. "You better have some good news as well"

"Not really, I'm afraid" Chrysalis simply said. "Just to give you your supplies as promised and I'll be seeing you around sometime" She stamped one of her hooves and the changelings, along with her, began to fly away from Jorge. However, as the changelings were flying. Their queen stopped halfway and turned around to face Jorge below. "Now that you mention it, there is some good news." She yelled down at Jorge. "The bargain is still on, just add the little foal in it"

"What?" Jorge roared in disbelief at to what the queen just said. "You want me to go ba...beyond the safety of the forest and head all the way to that frozen wasteland, to simply give weak points for you in return for her and that brat? You want me to freeze to death?"

"Just think about, I'll return someday, that'll give you sometime to make a choice"

After she said those words. Chrysalis returned to her subjects and flew away into the distance, leaving Jorge to his thoughts.

'God damnit! How am I gonna keep Skyla quiet when miss buggy returns?! Jorge shouted in his head as he brought the supplies in his home. One by one, all of his supplies or food, water and equipments were in his home. It was long and boring, but it was wroth it because he doesn't need to go out tonight or tomorrow. He yawned and slowly went to his room. 'I'm in a mess now, Equestria is looking everywhere for me and I got to make a choice now thanks to our bargain' Jorge made it to his room and looked at his couch. He didn't had a bed, but he had some blankets and pillows so he wasn't complaining. Jorge sat on his couch and was about to lay down when...

*crying*

"Mother..." Jorge growled as he brought one of his pillows and covered his face to yell in. Once he finished yelling, he dropped his pillow and walked up to Skyla's cot, which he then processed to pick her up. "What is it? What is it?" He said as he hold her in his arms. "You hungry? You thirsty? You need to go? You..." Jorge would continue. But he heard no more crying from Skyla, nor any movement. Jorge looked down to see why she stopped crying and moving. Skyla, as peaceful as she could be, was nestled in Jorge's arms. She was already fast asleep and the only reason why she was crying, was because she wanted someone to keep her safe and warm in their arms. That someone was none other then Jorge. Jorge smiled and chuckled to himself. "you clever girl"

Jorge decided to not put her back in her cot. Instead he walked back to his couch, picked up the pillow on the floor and lay down on the couch. He made sure that Skyla wouldn't fell off in the night, so he placed her on his chest and pulled the blanket over themselves. Skyla's head rested on where Jorge's heart would be, listening to the soft sounds of the heart's beats.

Jorge stared at her for a short while before himself started to slowly close his eyes. Slowly drifting to sleep.

"Goodnight, Skyla" Jorge whispered to her softly. Next Chapter: The Dreamly Reunion Estimated time remaining: 8 Minutes