Taking a risk

Sitting in darkness… an empty minded soul wondering if it will ever end, wondering… if I'm gonna stay locked in an invisible cage keeping me from breaking free. Because I refuse to kill, because I won't let her control me… and because I can't get them out of my mind…

Dante~ Donny… Rip… T-twilight… I'm not a killer… Please remember who I really am. Don't portray me as someone I'm not… you know I never wanted to harm anyone.

The more I think about them the more I want to leave and go back to them… but I knew no matter what I did, she wouldn't allow it. She wouldn't let me go out on my own unless I kill someone at the end of the day… she knows I want my freedom but won't give it to me unless I do the one thing I refuse to do. She's mean, she's brutal, she's heartless, but at the end of the day she's also… my mother. A minute went by and I heard an opening at my room door. The door cracked open and my mother peeked her head from behind the door then looked at me sitting in the dark. I looked up but then quickly looked back down and away from her. She then began to walk up to me and get on one knee in front of me. After that she lightly lifted my chin up and looked me in my eyes.

Rose~ Are you gonna do what mama says now? Or am I gonna have to do something about your defiance?

I gave her a look of anger while in tears. I didn't know what I was thinking but I intentionally took her hand and slammed it onto the corner of a hard wall. After what she did to me she's lucky that's all I did. She was in a bunch of pain but I didn't care anymore because I knew what was gonna happen after I gave her my answer. After I slammed her hand she used her other hand to backhand me. It was after I got backhanded she picked me up and threw me to a wall and grabbed me by my throat. She then took her knife and teased to torture me by waving it around my neck while lightly sliding it across it.

Rose~ When are you going to realize that you're never gonna get away with not doing what you're told? I told you to kill someone and you refused.

Dante~ Then you fucking abused me.

Rose~ Get over it, like it or not you're a Rogue now. You are no longer an Owl. As a Rogue it's in your nature to kill and you will not disobey your mother.

Dante~ Go to hell you sick, no good, abusive spawn of Satan.

Rose~ I've been there and trust me I'd love to go again. Get ready, you and I are heading out and if you're not ready in twelve minutes imma take my knife and jab it through your leg. Make sure to pack a bag we're going to a place that will surprise you. I'll be back and like I said, you got twelve minutes.

Rose let's go of me and leaves the room. I'm not afraid of her but I'd be lying if I said I was ok mentally. After the night I spared Sweetie Belle, Rose hasn't shown any sign of her caring about me like she did before. Every night I went to sleep with bruises all over my arms and legs and scratches on my back. You're most likely thinking "why not fight back? Why not defend yourself and fight for not only yourself but the ones I love?" The thing is… I have but it's not as easy as it sounds. I know I'm strong but she's even stronger and believe it or not she's at least half a foot taller than me. Anyway before Rose came back upstairs to my room I packed up the things I thought I would need like a change of clothes and my phone. If you're wondering why I have a phone it's to keep in contact with Rose and before you ask me why I didn't text Twilight or Donny my phone gets checked every day to make sure I don't try to escape. It's not like I can escape anyway because if I do or try to she'll kill all of my friends. Rose soon comes back with a bag of her own and sees my backpack on the bed and well packed. After we got everything we needed we left the house. She didn't tell me where we were going and to be honest at the time I didn't care. All I cared about was if I was gonna get the freedom I deserve one day. Only time would tell because no matter what I have planned to escape, Rose is always one step ahead of me. I just hope one day I'll be saved and taken away from her…

Back at Rarity's house with Donny and the others…

We searched only half of the neighborhood and we couldn't find her sister anywhere. Rarity wasn't kidding when she said the neighborhood is a really big area. We could all tell that Rarity was getting really worried because she began to talk to herself while shaking in her chair. We couldn't exactly make out what she said but we all know it's not anything good. I decided to exit the room for a bit because I was feeling a bit upset at myself. I ended up walking downstairs and sat on the couch completely frustrated with what was happening. I said we were gonna find Sweetie Belle but so far we aren't even close to finding her. The part that angered me the most was that we had to head back out and continue looking for her. I was about to hit something until I saw Sunset peeking a corner trying to hide from me. I knew she saw me see her but still decided to hide from me. I relaxed myself, got up and walked over to her. When I turned the corner she was standing right there with a kind of shy expression on her face.

Sunset~ Umm… hey.

Donny~ Hey… what are you doing?

Sunset~ I wanted to see if you were ok.

Donny~ From behind a wall?

Sunset~ I didn't think you wanted to be bothered so I tried to hide from you kinda.

Donny~ Well I'm somewhat ok. This whole thing just frustrates me. We only searched half the neighborhood looking for Sweetie Belle, and the knife is still missing along with her who still has the knife for all we know.

Sunset~ I can understand why and how that would give you a hard time. I think we all should just stay here tonight because I know Rarity needs us. She wouldn't be able to sleep tonight knowing her sister is missing.

Donny~ As much as I would hate to stop all of this, you do make a good point. Even if we go back out there she could most likely be out of the neighborhood and be long gone. *sigh* I just hate to let anyone down.

Sunset~ I know it's hard but we have to understand that if we keep this up then we'll just be a bunch of dogs chasing our own tails. Don't forget everyone is really tired including Rarity.

Donny~ You're right, we can't continue doing this. Can you please let everyone know that I said we're not going back out? Right now all I'm worried about is getting some rest.

Sunset~ I will… hey can I ask a question before I go?

Donny~ Yeah sure, what's up?

Sunset~ Umm… I want to get to know you better and I think in order to do that we should hang out sometime, just as friends though. I was wondering if you're willing to hang out with me sometime. It's ok if you're busy.

Donny~ Ummm… I don't know how to respond to that. I've never had anyone ask me to hang out with them.

Sunset~ You haven't?

Donny~ No I haven't. I was always alone up until Dante and I worked together to find Rose. I had some time to get to know him but it wasn't enough or at least it felt like it wasn't enough time.

Sunset~ Oh… I'm sorry… I think I'm gonna get back to the others.

Donny~ Wait… I'd be happy to hang out sometime at least when things start to calm down a bit.

Sunset~ That's awesome, just let me know when and I'll be down.

Donny~ Not a problem, come on let's get back to the others. I doubt Rarity got any better about her missing sister.

Sunset~ Do you think Sweetie Belle will turn up soon?

Donny~ For right now only time will tell. We can't promise Rarity that we can find her.

Sunset and I made our way back to Rarity's room and the moment we entered we heard a lot of crying. Her closet door was open and we saw Rip and Pinkie Pie standing in front of it with really sad and worried looking expressions on their faces. We walked up to them and judging by what we saw we knew Rarity was close to losing it or she probably already had.

Sunset~ Umm… What's going on?

Donny~ And why are all of the clothes on the ground and piled up? Also where's Rarity?

Rip~ Take a guess.

Pinkie Pie~ She totally didn't trash her closet and pile up all of her clothes together to hide in them.

Rip~ *sigh* Yeah that's pretty much what's happening. Twilight, Applejack and Fluttershy have been trying to get her to come out but she won't bother. Actually, I think she threw something at one of them.

Sunset~ She must be really worried about Sweetie Belle.

Donny~ At this point she's more than worried. She's scared that something bad possibly happened to her.

Pinkie Pie~ How exactly do you know that?

Donny~ I'm an older brother myself. I've been in her shoes only once before as well as now and it's not a pair of shoes I don't want to be in again and neither does she. I never acted the way Rarity is acting but I do understand how she feels. Let me take care of this. I'll talk to her for a bit while you all relax out here.

Rip~ Ok I'll be outside in case Sweetie Belle does come back, good luck. Girls! Let's leave this to Donny.

Everyone leaves the room leaving me alone with Rarity and her pile of clothes she was hiding in. Without hesitation I started to remove the clothes off of Rarity until I could at least see her face. When we looked into each other's eyes I could tell she was scared and I didn't want her to feel uncomfortable so I did what I thought a good friend would. I sat down next to her and slowly started to hold her hand.

Rarity~ Look I don't want to be bothered…

Donny~ You're scared, are you?

Rarity~ ...…..

Donny~ I understand how you're feeling. Feeling like you lost your sister and the possibility that something bad has happened to her stacked on top of that. Trust me I get it I've been feeling the same way with Dante. The difference between you and I is… I know something bad has happened to him and no matter what I do I can't reverse it.

Rarity~ What are you saying?

Donny~ There's still a chance, and you have to rely on that chance. We may not know where she is but I'm sure she's ok. Trust me on this one.

Rarity~ I don't know…

Donny~ Rarity please I know I let you down in the past but trust me when I say she's fine and can turn up at any given moment.

Rarity~ Ok, I trust you…

I surprised Rarity with a small hug but when I tried to let go Rarity did not want to let go. It felt weird at first but then it started to rub off on me. The longer we hugged the more we didn't want to leave. Five minutes go by and we still have our arms wrapped around each other but now Rarity lightly caresses me. I was weirded out by her lightly rubbing my back so I pulled away from the hug and stood up. I help Rarity get up and we leave the closet as well as her room. The whole way to the living room where everyone else was I felt a vibe from Rarity almost like the vibe someone gets when they want to tell someone something but are too afraid to say anything. It's weird because I could sense the same energy from Sunset. Anyway we enter the living room and Rarity sits down next to me. When I look at Rarity she looks at me and quickly looks away exactly how Sunset did when she was hiding from me. I didn't understand and didn't think much of it but I still decided to see what was up.

Donny~ Hey Rarity, are you ok?

Rarity~ Yup, I'm fine darling.

Applejack~ Are you sure? Your cheeks are kinda red.

Rarity~ They are? Oh look at that they are. Umm… I'll be right back.

Rarity leaves the room almost as if she was in a rush.

Twilight~ That was weird.

Rip~ You're telling me. What was that?

Donny~ I don't know, it's weird the whole time we were walking here she was showing some sort of shyness.

Pinkie Pie~ Are you sure Fluttershy wasn't walking with you?

Fluttershy~ I understand what you're asking and why but I've been right here this whole time Pinkie.

Pinkie Pie~ I know, it's just weird. What does Rarity have to be shy about?

Donny~ I don't know, it's really strange.

Sunset~ Anyway how did you manage to get her out of the closet?

Donny~ I talked to her for a bit and after that I wanted to let her know that I understood how she feels and well, I hugged her.

Applejack~ Pardon me?

Twilight~ You're joking?

Donny~ What?

Rip~ You actually gave someone a hug!?

Donny~ Yeah what's wrong with that? I thought that's what friends do.

Sunset~ Nothing is wrong with giving a friend a hug it's just you yourself actually hugged someone because you wanted to. That's not something we see from you everyday.

Rip~ Yeah normally you're just socially awkward.

Donny~ I'm not socially awkward.

Rip~ Your voice cracked well over three times when you were trying to tell Pinkie why you don't eat sweets of any kind. If that's not socially awkward then explain to me what is.

Twilight~ Kinda reminds me of someone, huh Sunset?

Sunset~ Dammit Twilight.

Rarity~ I'm back everyone, sorry about that I don't know what happened.

Sunset~ It's ok, Anyway what do we do now? It's dark outside and I doubt Sweetie Belle will come back anytime soon.

Donny~ Honestly I feel the same way but I do know at some point she has to come home.

Rarity~ Mother and father will end up realizing that Sweetie Belle is missing at some point. Knowing them the chances of them calling the police are one hundred percent if not that then even higher.

Twilight~ We can't let that happen. If they see she has a knife on her they'll take it away and we'll never get it back.

Rip~ Then we'll end up back at square one and that's not good at all.

Fluttershy~ Umm… wanna know what makes this worse?

Twilight~ What could possibly be worse than the situation at hand?

Fluttershy~ Figuring out what the knife was used for…

Donny~ What was it for?

Fluttershy~ I was reading this article when it said something about a boy with blue hair who was killed and it's not fun to read… plus I have stage fright so I'm scared to read out loud.

Applejack~ Give me the phone and I'll read it.

Fluttershy hands over the phone to Applejack.

Applejack~ "A week ago a boy by the name of Flash Sentry was found dead in his own home… Investigators have determined this case to be a murder and was verified that whoever killed him stabbed him to death using a really sharp and long blade."

Rip~ First off Flash was murdered? And second, what does this have to do with Dante's knife?

Rainbow~ I think someone we know can explain.

Rarity~ Rainbow!? You came back!?

Rainbow~ Yeah And I'm back along with someone with the answer to your question.

Sweetie Belle reveals herself while holding the knife.

Rarity~ Sweetie Belle!? You're safe!

Sweetie Belle~ Yeah… but I have to tell you something important.

Rarity~ What is it?

Sweetie Belle~ I held out on you all. Dante told me something that I decided to keep a secret when he gave me his knife…

Donny~ What happened?

Sweetie Belle~ Well… before me Dante was told to kill someone else and… he didn't succeed in keeping things clean.

Sunset~ Are you saying Dante actually killed someone?

Sweetie Belle~ Y-yes… I am…

Donny~ You're lying… Dante would never kill anyone.

Applejack~ Ummm… I wouldn't hold your breath. "We were able to identify the person who killed 19 year old Flash Sentry as the name was burned into the 19 year olds stab wound. Police are looking for a man that goes by the name of… Dante…"

Twilight~ Sweetie Belle where's the knife?

Sweetie Belle~ It's right here, why?

Twilight~ Give it to me.

Sweetie Belle handed over the knife to Twilight. The second it entered her hand she glared at Dante's name on the knife feeling a bit skeptical. Then she slowly but surely places her index finger on the name and by the time she was close to touching it she felt a slight burn. I saw Twilight jump and drop the knife in pain. I quickly picked up the knife and wrapped it inside a towel that was sitting on a chair right next to me. I walked up to Twilight after placing the knife on a table to check on her hands. Everything seemed to be ok until I looked at her left index finger and what I saw instantly made me feel afraid. Twilight had a medium sized letter A burned into her finger. It was then I turned to Sweetie Belle in utter anger.

Donny~ You mean to tell me that you kept not only a knife that's sharp, really long and is enchanted but it also marks whoever it hurts?

Sweetie Belle~ In my defense, I didn't know it did that until now.

I grab the wrapped knife and walk out of the house with it. Sweetie Belle runs up to me and tries to take it from me but I push her away with almost all of my strength. She runs up to me and tries to take it from me again but this time she manages to get it out of my hand… but it only resulted in the knife slicing my skin and nearly going deep within my arm. I screamed in total pain and nearly passed out from the blood loss.

Sweetie Belle~ Oh no… Donny!?

Donny~ This is why I didn't want you to have the knife… DAMMIT!

Sweetie Belle~ Stay with me! RARITY CALL AN AMBULANCE! NOW!

Rarity~ Oh my… what happened!?

Sweetie Belle~ CALL 911!

I was on the ground losing a bad amount of blood. It started out small but it got worse as seconds went by. I even saw that it was almost all over Sweetie Belle. I tried to stay awake but it was easier said than done. I ended up passing out on the ground. I don't remember exactly what happened right after I passed out. All I knew was that I started to wake up a little and with the little vision I had I saw myself in an ambulance with paramedics keeping an eye on me. Seconds later I passed out again and was out long enough to be rushed to the hospital and placed in the emergency room. I don't remember what happened after I passed out again but I'm sure Rip can take over the rest of the chapter. I'll see y'all later, Rip you can take over for the rest of the chapter.

Rips POV

Now that Donny has let me take over I'm gonna leave off where he ended but with my POV. Like Donny said he was rushed to the hospital and quickly escorted to the emergency room. We all managed to get a ride in Rarity's family van and make our way to the emergency waiting room. We knew Donny was just checked in so it would take some time until we were able to see how he was doing but we could at least find out where his room was. Half of the group left to find his room while the rest of us stayed in the waiting area hoping they could find his room soon. I noticed Sweetie Belle sitting far away from everyone else in the area wearing a long hoodie. Of course like some of us would expect she was hiding her face using the large hood on the back of the hoodie as if she felt ashamed to be in public after what had just happened. I wanted to see what was going through her head so I approached her and sat down next to her. I also with caution purposely took the hood off of her head before I spoke to her.

Rip~ What's going through your head right now?

Sweetie Belle doesn't say a word but instead sits in silence.

Rip~ You look mad, it's because of what happened is it?

Sweetie Belle~ .....

Rip~ Sweetie Belle I just want you to know that none of us are mad. Although we are kinda upset, we aren't mad.

Sweetie Belle~ It was on my hands… my arms as well… his blood… his own blood was almost everywhere on me.

Rip~ Damn… honestly I don't know how to respond to that. That's not something you can just sweep under the rug.

Sweetie Belle~ All because I wanted to keep the knife safe. All because I was too stubborn, he could have been killed… You guys were right, it's too dangerous for a kid to protect something so dangerous. It's best if you guys hold onto it.

Rip~ *sigh* as much as I want to say we told you so it's not the time for it nor will it ever be the time for it. Plus because we had to call 911 the police had to get involved with it all and chances are they took the knife.

Sweetie Belle~ Is there any chance I could get in trouble?

Donny~ Only if Donny presses charges and knowing him he won't. He's had worse happen to him.

Sweetie Belle~ Like what?

Rip~ He was stabbed in the back pretty badly. The knife that was used was a blue knife and it wasn't as long as Dante's but sorta long. The knife was deep in his back as well. The worst part about it all was the fact that he was stabbed by the same person Dante killed.

Sweetie Belle~ This isn't the first time something like this has happened then?

Rip~ Not at all and he's had a lot worse happen to him. I'm not gonna go into detail because it's a lot to explain plus I think Donny would want to tell you himself.

I turned to my left and saw Sunset lightly and quietly crying or at least she tried to be quiet. I couldn't just let her be alone knowing she needed someone to talk to. I had to check up on her.

Rip~ Hey Sunset, are you ok?

Sunset~ Ummm… well… I don't know anymore.

Rip~ Come join us over here.

Sunset gets up and sits across from Sweetie Belle and I.

Rip~ What's going through your head?

Sunset~ It's just… this is something that I never expected and I didn't want anything to happen to him… it's not easy to hold back.

Rip~ Hold back on what?

Sweetie Belle~ It doesn't involve me does it?

Sunset~ If I tell you a personal secret, can you promise to never tell anyone?

Rip~ You have our word.

Sunset~ Ok…

Sunset looks around making sure nobody is listening in on their conversation. She begins to speak in a really soft voice so nobody around but Rip and Sweetie Belle can hear her.

Sunset~ Twilight and I one night were talking about who she thought would make a great couple and she thought Donny and I would make a great couple. At first I thought she was crazy but the more I thought about it the more I realized how much he and I can relate to each other. I was calm about it at first but now I'm flustered. I don't know what to think… I feel like I care about him in a certain way but at the same time I feel like it's just there because Twilight said it could be there. Even if I do like him I don't want it to be because Twilight said it could happen.

Rip~ So basically you're saying you like him or at least you think you do.

Sweetie Belle~ and don't want to base your feelings off of someone else's opinion.

Sunset~ Pretty much… I don't know what to do.

Rip~ I honestly don't know what to tell you but I do hope somehow you can figure things out.

Sunset~ I hope so too. I'm gonna go see if we can visit Donny at his room.

Rip~ Let us know if we can please.

Sunset~ I'll send a text.

Sunset leaves the waiting area leaving me alone with Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle~ Wow being a teenager sounds hard.

Rip~ You have no idea. Also we're all 18 and over so we're not teenagers.

Sweetie Belle~ I'm glad I'm not in her situation. I know I would be everywhere if I thought I had a crush on someone and didn't know whether or not the feeling is real.

Rip~ Actually there's one way to know for sure. I didn't say anything to Sunset because I didn't want her to stress over it.

Sweetie Belle~ What is it?

Rip~ When you have "the moment". It happened to Rainbow and I as well as Dante and Twilight. The thing about "the moment" is you can't really tell what "the moment" is. It could really be anything if you think about it. All I can say is when that moment comes then you'll know for sure that you two were meant to be together.

Sweetie Belle~ That sounds kinda corny if I'm being honest.

Rip~ You'll understand when you're older.

My phone rang letting me know I had a notification from Sunset. She told me that we were able to finally visit Donny in his room which led to all of us waiting to head to Donny's room. Fast forward a few minutes and we all are waiting in front of his room. A couple doctors came out and let us know that Donny was gonna be fine but he needed to rest and heal for a few weeks which was fine with us because we all knew that what happened was bad but wasn't as bad as the stab wound he had long ago. The doctors left and we all slowly and quietly entered his room finding him unconscious while laying in bed. His arms were all bandaged up and he wasn't able to move them that much. Actually it didn't take much to understand that he couldn't move his arms in any way possible. Everyone stood around the hospital bed Donny was laying in and was waiting for him to wake up. I thought the rest of the night was gonna be a breeze from here but I was really wrong. One of the doctors came back into the room looking really skeptical about something. I asked him what was up and he asked me if I knew someone by the name of Rick. At that moment I already knew where this was going but this wasn't the place for it. I told the doctor to let me handle him and let the others know that I had to take care of something and left the room. I walked down to the waiting area to find someone I hated more than Flash Sentry. I saw one of Roses' Pawns standing right in front of me. I walked up to him, not happy to see him at all.

Rip~ What do you want?

Rick~ Hey aren't you Dante's best friend?

Rip~ Yes I am, what do you want?

Rick~ Chill bro, let's take this outside.

We took the conversation outside so nobody could hear what we had to say. I turned to him, completely annoyed with him.

Rip~ We're outside now, what do you want?

Rick~ I can tell you ain't happy to see me.

Rip~ Why should I? You work for the one person who took my best friend away.

Rick~ Well I guess you can say that. I don't know where she is anyway after I was caught by your little "friends" she's been ghosting me like crazy.

Rip~ Whatever I wanna know how you knew we would be here in the first place.

Rick~ I noticed the van. I live close to your friend and figured you had to be here as well. Who's in hospital now? Rainbow, Rarity, Rarity's little sister?

Rip~ It's none of your business. I see you're not your ordinary self. What happened to you?

Rick~ Before Rose went off the grid she gave me someone's old energy. She told me this person was someone she killed. I think her name was Jamie.

Rip~ You mean to tell me you're an owl now? And you have stolen energy from someone close to me and my best friend?

Rick~ Yeah I feel great and even better than before. Maybe I'll become a Rogue someday.

Rip~ I'll come after you one day if you do just know that.

Rick~ Whatever kid imma get out of your hair, hopefully find Rose and see what other jobs she has for me. Maybe she'll ask me to kill your best friend.

Rip~ Lay a hand on him and I'll lay a hand on you but I'll make sure I break both your arms and legs.

Rick~ Yeah I'm so scared whatever bro I'm out of here. Just hope I don't find your friend.

Rick leaves and I head back into the hospital. Minutes later I made it back to Donny's room but when I entered Donny was still asleep. I sat down next to Rainbow and wrapped my arms around her before she looked at me saw a little anger in me.

Rainbow~ Hey, are you ok?

Rip~ Yeah I'm good just had to deal with someone really annoying.

Rainbow~ Who was it?

Rip~ I really don't want to talk about it right now, let's just say Donny knows who he is. Also we shouldn't worry about h anyway he's irrelevant.

Sunset~ If you say so.

Sweetie Belle~ I'm sorry you guys. This is all my fault. I never should have been so stubborn. If I didn't try to take the knife from him he wouldn't have had this happen to him.

Pinkie Pie~ I just can't believe how bad his injuries are.

Applejack~ Keep in mind this is the same knife that was used to kill Flash. It's no surprise even the smallest cut can do so much.

Fluttershy~ How could anything like that exist?

Twilight~ You have to remember, Rose is an expert on this stuff. There's no doubt she was the one who had the knife made specifically to kill others.

Rip~ It makes sense plus Dante never owned a knife of any kind. I refuse to believe he didn't get his from Rose herself.

Rainbow~ I think we should start looking for him. Even if it takes us years we could still find him.

Rarity~ With what lead? We don't know where to start.

Fluttershy~ And even if we did, how do we know he'll be exactly where we're searching? As scary as it is, Dante's knife was the only lead we had and it was taken from us.

Sunset~ Is there any way we could get it back?

Rip~ Unless you want to get arrested for stealing or possessing a possible murder weapon I don't think we have any choice but to let them take it.

Sweetie Belle~ So that's it? You guys are back at square one?

Rip~ Yeah, we pretty much are.

Twilight~ Not quite we could probably find something at the scene of the murder that could give us a clue on where Dante went off to.

Applejack~ The question is if there is something, how are we gonna find out what that "something" is?

Twilight~ Rip and I inherited Dante's abilities when he gave up his power and had it transferred to us. Rogues like Donny aren't the best when it comes to being discreet and vague about their position. Owls like Rip and I on the other hand…

Rainbow~ You're not actually thinking about sneaking Into Flash's house just to see if something was left behind right? If so that's a bit surprising coming from you.

Rip~ And don't forget we don't even know how to use our power let alone manage it. If we get caught we could get locked up.

Twilight~ I know it's risky but we have to at least try. At this point we need anything we can find to get some sort of lead.

Rip~ But we don't need to break and enter into someone's house. There's got to be another way.

Fluttershy~ He's right, we can't risk doing anything that could have any of us in prison.

Sunset~ It's best that we wait and plus Donny has to heal from his injuries before we can do anything.

Twilight~ This could be the last chance we get to find a lead on Dante's location and you all want to hold out on this!? Don't any of you understand that tonight is the perfect night for this?

Rip~ What are you talking about?

Twilight~ I read over the article that Applejack was reading earlier and it said that tonight was going to be a memorial for Flash. Nobody is at his house as we speak so nobody will catch us.

Rip~ That's if they stay away from the house like it was stated in that article. What are the chances that actually happens? What if something went wrong and everyone had to go home early and you were in the house? What are you gonna do then?

Rarity~ He does make an excellent point dear. You don't know what could happen out there. Which is why I'm taking Rip's side on this one.

Donny~ Ugh… What happened? What did I wake up too?

Rip~ Donny it's amazing that you're awake but we need you to clear something up with Twilight.

Donny~ Ok… what is it? Dammit! My arms hurt so much.

Rip~ Take it easy, you've been through enough tonight. Twilight wants to break into Flash's house to find something we could use to find Dante.

Donny~ Absolutely not! I'm not gonna let you do this.

Twilight~ Donny I understand it's kinda stupid and risky but trust me tonight is the perfect night to do this.

Donny~ I don't care how perfect tonight is. If you get caught then we can't help you. Twilight you don't understand how important you are to us. The last thing we need is you getting in major trouble and not making it back.

I looked at both Donny and Twilight and I could tell they both we're not on the same page. Twilight started to tear up and ball her hands into fists. She then turned around and walked away but hesitated to exit the room. She placed her hand on the door knob but Donny took the time to let her know something before she could leave.

Donny~ Twilight… I know you love him and will do anything to find him but this isn't the way. If you leave this room to go break and enter Flash's house after I specifically told you not to do it then you're on your own if you get caught.

Twilight~ It's like what you said… "I would do anything to find him."

Twilight left the room leaving some of us in shock. I saw the anger in Donny's face. He wanted to hit something but he knew he couldn't because of his arms. Honestly at the time I could relate to him. I told Twilight not to do it and there she went to do it anyway. Soon I could see he started to calm down which made me calm down.

Fluttershy~ You don't think she's serious about this do you?

Donny~ We don't think she's serious, we know she's serious. But I do think that this is being done out of pure emotion. She misses him and I can't blame her because I miss him as well and so does the rest of you.

Rip~ Still hurts to know he's a Rogue and not with us…

Donny~ I can relate, in fact I think we all can… the sad thing about this is the fact that this was almost destined to happen. Rose planned everything so perfectly and we played right into her hands. Dante could still be here if we were more careful.

Sunset~ But the sad truth is he isn't here. I'm sorry to say it but it's true and him leaving is in the past. All we can do is keep moving forward and try our best to find him and bring him back.

Applejack~ She's right, so you got outplayed. You win some and you also lose some. Sometimes it's best to take a loss because maybe there's something you really do need to improve on and now is the time to figure out what it is.

Rip~ I guess that makes sense.

Donny~ Yeah but the problem with that is, Rose is ten times smarter than all of us. No matter what we have planned she has a plan that counters our plan. How can I compete with that? How can I outsmart someone that's always ten steps ahead of me?

Pinkie Pie~ What if do the one thing she would have never expected?

Donny~ Which is what Pinkie?

Pinkie Pie~ Ummmm… I don't know. But whatever it is I'm sure she wouldn't expect it.

Donny~ *sigh* I hope so… not only that, I hope Dante's alright. I have an idea on what he's going through and it's not good at all.

Rip~ Let's just hope he can pull through long enough for us to save him.

Sunset~ Without a doubt he can but there's still that thought trying to cloud my judgement. Wherever he is we know he's trying his best and we just have to count on that.

We all saw the door open and one of the doctors from before entered. It was getting really late at night and it was time for us all to head home. Donny had to stay in the hospital for a week or two before he could get back to his home. Everyone except Donny left the hospital and went their separate ways for the night. When I got home I went up to my room and jumped face first onto my bed. I was kinda tired but I still felt like it was a good idea to go to sleep until I noticed a small box that was close to falling off my dresser. I walked over to put the box back in its original spot but I noticed something. The box was labeled "Middle School Memories." I was really curious and I wanted to see what was in it because it had been so long since I bothered to touch it. I placed the box on top of my dresser and opened it and found so many old photos of Dante and I when we were in middle school. There was one when Dante and I started a food fight and one when I fell off of my bike by accident. I remembered that day like it was yesterday. Dante left his bike at school and carried me home on his back then left to bring my bike back. And the food fight was so much fun we were some troublemakers back then. I found a picture of Dante and I running from the principal after we started it. The look on my face was priceless. I thought we were gonna die that day because of how mad he was. Looking back at these memories reminded me of how much Dante was really important to me. It also made me realize that just like Twilight I would do anything to find him as well. I knew I was gonna regret doing this but I couldn't let Twilight risk getting locked up alone. I knew I had to help her regardless of how anyone felt about the choice we made. Without hesitation I dropped everything, grabbed my phone, and left my house to help Twilight look for that lead we needed to somehow find my best friend. Donny was gonna be pissed if he found out but I didn't care. I had to help her no matter what.