The three cloaked ponies approached the caravan. They had nothing with them but a very big bag that occasionally made some noise. Nothing suspicious at all.

The amethyst eyed mare spoke up. "Almost there, set him down.

The colt obeyed with much grunting. "Damn he's heavy, what does he eat?"

Miss Amethyst said "you two stay here, I'll go tell the driver the change in plans. Make sure he doesn't wake up until we get to Los Pegasus."

She got a nod in return from the other two.

Amethyst eyes walked up to the blue unicorn mare.

"There's been a change in plan, we have some baggage."

The unicorn replied "No problem, should have figured there would be."

"Good, then we will get aboard and leave at once."

"Fine by me."

Amethyst walked back and said "Is he still asleep?"

Crimson said "Duh, he is snoring."

"Muffle it, I don't want the driver to suspect anything. Take him to the caravan and hide him."

Crimson looked at the colt "She means you."

The colt started to whine about it before Amethyst shot him a look that shut him up immediately.

The colt went on and picked Sigma up and walked back to the caravan muttering something about sexism and inequality.

Amethyst looked at crimson and said "Saddle up, we're leaving."

Crimson let out a sigh "I will miss Ponyville while I'm gone, are you sure that you need my help?"

"I know you will, I miss Canterlot already, but we have a job and none of us will have to do anything in years if we do this right." Amethyst said sadly.

They started to walk to the caravan when Crimson said "Lets just get the job done and see what happens."

Scootaloo had heard most of the conversation. Still unsure of what to do, she thought to herself.

Last chance to bail out. Should I? It sounds like I'm getting in way over my head. But if I don't go, I may not get my cutie mark and Sigma will be in a lot of trouble. I know I just met him, but he seems like a good guy. I know, what would Rainbow Dash do?

She pondered this for a little while, oblivious to the fact that Rainbow Dash wouldn't help Sigma at all. So she did what she assumed Rainbow Dash would do.

Rainbow Dash would help anypony when they're in trouble. If I help Sigma, that will impress her.

She stopped thinking and sighed.

I guess its now or never.

And with that final thought, she chased after the caravan.

Appleboom and Sweetie Belle had just gotten back to the farm when they realized that Scootaloo was missing.

"Hey, where's Scootaloo?" Sweetie asked.

"Ah don't know, Ah reckin' that she's back with that stallion." Applebloom answered.

"Why do you think she stayed?"

"Probably ta keep him company." Applebloom answered again.

"Yeah, your right." Sweetie agreed.

"Ah'm always right." Applebloom said cockily.

"No your not." Sweetie argued.

"Yes Ah am." Applebloom replied.

"No your not." Sweetie said again, this time with greater volume.

"Yes Ah am." Applebloom replied with equal volume to Sweetie Belle.

"NO YOUR NOT." Sweetie Belle screamed.

"Oh yeah, prove me wrong." Applebloom challenged.

"Okay, give me a second." Sweetie said.

But before she could answer, they bumped into Applejack.

"Howdy girls,what're y'all doin'" Applejack greeted.

"We were looking for you so you could help us get Sigma's horn out of a tree.

Applejack's expression fell faster than an airborne Rarity.

"Ah don't want any of y'all gettin' near that stallion. He's a bad influence." Applejack said sternly.

"But why?" the two girls said.

"Ah don't like him. He creeps me out."

"Is this like the time you were creeped out by Zecora?" Applebloom said, clearly not amused.

"No, Ah have a few reasons this time." Applejack said.

"Like what?" Applebloom said.

"Like he hit our brother, Fluttershy, and Spike. He made fun of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. And he threatened Twilight." Applejack said in a monotone. "And where's Scootaloo?" She said with a bit more curiosity.

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other.

"Ah think we were wrong about him, Sweetie Belle." Applebloom said sadly.

"I think your right." Sweetie Belle.

They both were wallowing in their sadness when they both realized somepony was missing.

They perked up instanly and yelled "Scootaloo" simultaneously.

Applebloom looked at her sister and said "Applejack, Scootaloo's still with him!"

This alarmed Applejack and she said one thing "Take me to him, now."

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle didn't even respond, they just started running towards the spot. Applejack followed closely behind.

She whispered to herself "If anything happens to Scootaloo, Ah'll kill him." and she meant every word of her promise.

I woke up to the darkness of the world and a terrible migraine. At first I thought that I was dreaming, but my brain was sure to let me know that this was real.

Where the fuck are we.

Dreaming.

No, dreams don't hurt this much.

I was about to object when I heard voices.

"Are you sure this was a good idea?" said a voice.

Strange, I've heard that voice before...

"Of course it is. The only thing this does is complicate our plans a bit." said a more refined voice.

The voice of a very nervous colt sounded off "What if he gets loose?"

The refined voice answered "Even if he did escape, his magic had a blowout earlier today. He won't be casting a spell anytime soon. And even if he could, he has an inhibitor ring around his horn."

The colt spoke again "But from what you told me, he doesn't need magic to be dangerous."

The familiar voice spoke again "True, but even if he does get out, the migraine he has will make him weak. Not to mention, we're trained to handle any situation that might arise from him. Even if he did get out and over-power us, he still wouldn't get very far. The injuries that he will have sustained plus the migraine that he has will prevent him from getting very far. Either way, we will get what we want."

The colt spoke again, this time much more calm. "Good, how much farther is it to Los Pegasus?"

The refined voice replied "Four to Five days, depending on how fast we go."

Once this registered, my brain had one thought that was more of a statement than a question.

We're so fucked, aren't we.

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