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@, Stephan realized what Starburst was up to, but he didn't say or do anything that could cause suspicion. The guards would put a bullet through his and Light's skulls if they tried anything. "Well then, until you have food or supplies for us, we'll just keep your friends." The blue stallion said. "If you don't have any for us by, say, ten days, your friends' metabolic processes will be history."

@, He just laughed. "Well, we wouldn't want that, now would we? I mean, it'd be a shame for me to die, because if you were to attack me, we'll make sure these two stallions' heads splatter all over the room." He said. The two stallions just gave him an ugly look. "Now, I was thinking of you giving us some more of they're supplies exchange for your freedom. I mean, you were generous enough to give us some of it last time." He said in a teasing matter.

Alright. I'll slow down.

@, The bandit agree and the two began to walk to the west. He made sure he kept a watchful eye on Starburst, making sure he didn't do anything he might regret. -15 minutes later- Once the two got inside the base, the leader of the group swiveled around in his chair to face Starburst. "Look who decided to show up." He said to him with a grin.

@@Grand_Finale, @, The levitated bandit smirked. "If you know what's good for your friends, you better listen to your girlfriend, kid." He said. "If you let me down, I'll take you back to the boss, he'll have a nice little talk with you, and you two can negotiate." He said, being sincere.

@, The bandit with the daggers between his throat was obviously dead. The one levitated and pinned to the wall, however, just gave a laugh. "We'll give them back... on one condition. We've heard that you have an extensive amount of apples. Should you give them to us, we'll let them go without doing anything to them. Should you refuse, the two poor fools will pay, with their lives."

@,@@Grand_Finale, One bandit smirked and drew two daggers. "That won't be a good idea, boy" He said. "We have two of your friends, Stephan and Light Streak, captive. Now, I suggest you and your little girlfriend come with us and neither of you get hurt." He said, holding out his dagger.

@,@@Grand_Finale, Stephan and Light looked at the stallions with angry eyes. "What exactly do you want?" Light asked the big blue one. "Oh, it's not about what I want, but more about what YOU want." He said. "I know you want freedom, but we want what you have; food. specifically your apple supply." "But, we have a trade agreement wit Cloudsdale involving them." Stephan said. "We can't just give them away." "Well, that's too bad." He said, holding two guns between the duos' heads. "Because then, I'll have to kill you." The duo shut their eyes awaiting death, but the blue pony just laughed. "But, should you give me the apples, I'll let you go. Should you not, you'll pay. With your lives." Stephan just gave an angry look. "Just don't hurt the others." He gave a menacing grin. "Don't worry. I won't hurt them." He said. "I'll just bring them here to keep you company. That way, if you do die, at least you'll die with them." He then looked to his two bandit henchmen. "You two! Leave and search the area! If you find any of their friends, bring them here and take whatever they have!" The two henchmen left and searched around a nearby pond, where they found two teenage ponies. They remembered those two ponies from their last attack on Ponyville. They quietly tried to sneak up on them in an attempt to capture them.

The duo were knocked unconscious after being captured. Upon waking up, they found themselves in a dark room, suspended right next to each other on the wall. "Light? Where are you?" Stephan yelled out. "I'm right here." Light said. Stephan then looked to his left. "I can't see you, though." "Well, Stephan, it seems as if you can't move, either." The two began to struggle, but it was hopeless. They were pinned to the wall like billboard tacks by chains and metal braces. "Where are we..." Stephan said. "Far from home, I can tell you that much." Said a voice from the distance. "Wha? Who are you? Show yourself." Stephan said. "If you insist." The voice began to laugh as a light turned on above him. In the light appeared a blueish stallion along with two others wearing red masks. "You're those two stallions from Ponyville, but you're ours now." He said in a menacing tone.

Stephan and Light began to head back to Ponyville. On the way back, the bandits from earlier were following them. When they progressed a good amount, one of them fired an arrow into Stephan's leg, immobilizing him and leaving him wounded. Light tried his best to help him, but was immediately caught by a strong net. The two were then surrounded by a whole swarm of them. "Take them back to the base. While you're at it, loot their bags, too." Yelled one bandit, who seemed to be the leader of the pack. "Ah, shit..." Stephan mumbled

I'm not doing a second time skip. Instead, I want something to happen to Stephan and company on the way back.

@, Stephan and Light went around Cloudsdale for a little while. They bought some seeds for more fruit trees with the bits they had and they went outside the walls. Stephan then looked to the guard. "We'll make sure to get your apples here for you." Stephan said to him before leaving. ((Hopefully some shit goes down. I said I probably wouldn't be back to Ponyville for a while, anyways.))

I'll post the RP Thread once Frosty gives me the link to their OC.

@, "I'll fly him up there." Light picked up Stephan by his front hooves. The trio then went into the city of Cloudsdale. The entire city looked a little over-protected, but you can never be too careful during these times. Stephan and Light casually walked around the city, hoping not to draw too much attention to themselves.

@, Stephan took the bag of bits and put them in his saddlebag. "I'll make sure your apples get to you. That is, if Applejack is fine with giving her apples away." Stephan couldn't help but marvel at the newly built wall around the city. "Would you mind if I enter the city just to see how everything is doing?"

@, Stephan smiled and shook his hoof. "So you have heard of me? I guess word IS spreading like wildfire." He said with a cocky smirk. "Although, I couldn't have done it without them. We're trying our hardest to restore Equestria. But, I'm a little bit surprised about how you're treating me. I thought earth ponies weren't allowed to come up to Cloudsdale." He speculated.

@, Stephan took a minute to think about that. The apples back in Ponyville were the biggest food source there right now. They didn't have many weapons to trade, and it's not like they could trade trail mix. He looked back up at the guard. "That could probably be arranged." He said.

@, @@dashian500, Stephan nodded. "My name is Blasted Nova, but you can just call me Stephan. These are my companions, Light Streak and Stained Steel. We've come to negotiate." He began to explain. "We come from the ruined town of Ponyville, and me and my friends have come to see if we could make a trade agreement between us and the ponies of Cloudsdale."

@,@@Grand_Finale, @, @@dashian500, As the trio flew to Cloudsdale, they noticed that the city really underwent some changes. The security around the city looked like it had been increased tenfold. There was a huge wall surrounding the city and guards on every side of it. "Man, they must really want to protect this place..." Stephan muttered. The trio landed outside of the gate of the wall. ((OOC: So, who's going to play the pony guards here?))

-4 hours later- After a few hours of consecutive running and flying through Equestria's plains, the trio stop near Cloudsdale, which was still flying high in the sky. "Hopefully they don't mind an earth pony visiting this place." Stephan said. Light grabbed Stephan's front hooves and the trio began to fly up to the floating city. ((OOC: I'll need someone to play the ponies in Cloudsdale))

So, is it alright, Shy?

Well, I was thinking about doing a small timeskip. A few hours, probably.

You pay for it?

That's what Steel is for :3 I'll find some method. Yup. I'm using Light to help Stephan get up to Cloudsdale.

Stephan and Steel made their way to Cloudsdale. Suddenly, Light Streak flies down beside them. "First outing?" Light asked. Stephan nodded. "We're heading to Cloudsdale to make trading agreements." "But you can't get to Cloudsdale. You can't fly." "Exactly. That's what you're for." Light simply sighed and flew beside the two.