The colt woke up with a yawn. He stretched his limps earning a light snap, before he stood up from the cold roof he slept. He blinked as he looked up to the moon which hasn't moved a bit.

'Huh? Shouldn't it be morning already?" he asked himself.

Shaking it off, he jumped down the street to see that it had become rather lively. He marched down the streets blending in with the crowd. Several guards were also patrolling, but nopony really seemed to notice him.

He leaned against a wall when he picked up a conversation between two mares. Both were in an alley.

"Have you heard about what happened last night?" the first mare spoke quietly yet loud enough for the colt to understand.

"No not really."

"The statue of Nightmare Moon in the middle of the castle got destroyed."

The second mare stared at her with widened eyes.

"What?!"

"Sh, not so loud. They say that it was a little colt. A grey one to be exact." a small silence followed before the second mare talked again.

"Finally one who rebels against her since… who were the last? The elements of harmony?"

"You better be quiet… if anypony hears this you will land in the catacombs. Then you can ask them yourself."

"I get it jeez... But still, I think that little guy is a hero."

The colt was already behind a corner.

"Okay deep breaths… don't freak out… they think that I am a hero… that I will fight against some kind of queen… buck it, I AM FREAKING OUT!" the colt slammed his head against a wall a few times.

"Okay… calm down. Just get out of this damn castle and it will be fine." He thought to himself and started to run through the city.

'You got to be kidding me.' the colt thought as he arrived.

The gate was swarmed with guards. Everypony was being controlled before they could leave the castle or enter.

The cold was about to think about flying over the wall until he noticed the pegasus guards patrolling. Not just one, nor two, nor three… They were patrolling in groups of ten.

"Alright… I can do this…" just as he was about to start flying suddenly a voice roared.

"HALT!" the colt jumped at the sight of the guards running to him.

"That is the colt! He destroyed the statue, get him!"

The foal wasted no time and flew away with full speed before he hid in alley. The guards ran past the alley making him sigh in relief.

'This is bad… extremely bad.' He thought.

'They know how I look like and I can't get out of this city. This is getting worse by every moment.' the colt stayed like this for a few moments before muttering to himself.

"Okay focus… I need to get out of the city somehow without being detected…" the colt stared outside of the alley to see that everypony was gone, literally everypony. The street was completely empty making it look like a ghost city.

"What the…" he stepped out of the alley. That was when he was grabbed from behind. He was about to throw the pony forward when he heard the young voice of a mare.

"Sh, wait… I don't want to hurt you." The colt raised his eyebrow before turning to the mare only to see her covered in a black clothing.

'You… hurt me do you have ANY idea what I have done?'

Voices came from outside the alley but they got louded quickly.

"Hey I think I heard something over here!"

The unicorn took one last peek at the colt, before lightening up her horn.

"Come, it isn't save here." She spoke.

The foal didn't move for a second before looking behind him. Five guards ran inside the alley.

"Halt!" one shouted.

The colt growled to himself and stared at the mare in disguise once more before walking up to the unicorn. Quickly she teleported both away.

The colt looked around him to find himself in the middle of an old library. It appeared to be very old as most books had a lot of dust on them. Some of the bookshelves were starting to mold leaving a terrible scent in the air. The wooden floor cracked when the colt stepped around making him rise his eyebrow.

'Who lives here?' he asked himself.

That was when he caught sight of the unicorn mare who was uncloaked and already sitting on a desk, reading some books. He slowly walked over to her before lightly tabbing her. No reaction came.

"Uh… hello?" he asked making her suddenly blink. She shook her head before giving him a apologetic smile.

"Sorry, I had to make sure I remember the spell correctly… I should start explaining myself shouldn't I? My name is Twilight, what's yours?"

The colt took a deep breath before answering.

"Stormcloud." Twilight raised her eyebrow at the sudden change of mood but shook it off as he spoke up.

"So… why did you decide to pick a random colt from the street? I hope not for some... weird stuff."

The mare shook her head and began to search around in the stash of books she had on her desk.

"Just hold on a moment… where is it, where is it? Ah, there you are." She picked out a leaflet before handing it to him. It was in a dark blue color and had black tint written on it.

Criminal searched:

Red pegasus colt with scar on the left cheek and dark red mane.

Reward for imprisionment.

10.000 Bits.

Under the text was a drawing of the face of the colt.

Stormcloud facehoofed.

"You got to be kidding me. Only two days in here and I am already searched…"

Twilight stared at him for a few seconds before she nodded.

"Look, I saw you destroying the statue. I don't know how you did it. I don't know why you did it, but I need your help."

She motioned him closer to her which he did. Gently she picked him up making him jump lightly.

"Huh? Did I hurt you?" she asked with worry making him shake his head.

"No, but… this seems so… weird… I haven't been held like this since… since… her." His breath shook a little. Twilight looked to the side before her eyes widened.

"I see now." She spoke softly. Stormcloud almost cried out in surprise as the mare suddenly pulled him in a light hug.

"Nightmare Moon must have imprisoned your mother. That is the reason why you rebel against her. No need to worry little one. I have a plan to defeat her, then we can rescue your mother."

Stormcloud opened his mouth, but shut it soon and nodded while keeping his head low. Twilight in the meantime gently stroke his mane.

"Stormcloud, I am part of the elements of harmony, those are the most powerful elements of Equestria… however my friends who are the rest of the elements were captured. They are held in the dungeon under the castle Nightmare Moon is in. We need to rescue them and also grab the elements themselves. They should be near Nightmare Moon as she fears them, but for this I need your help. Perhaps we find your mother there and we can help her too."

Stormcloud nodded while keeping out of eye contact.

"Hey…" Twilight said.

"Hey…" he heard another voice as he looked up seeing Blueheart.

"Everything will be alright." He heard as the images of Twilight and Blueheart began to switch. A tear came down his cheek, before he buried his face inside the chest of the mare. Twilight was shocked at this behaviour but shook it off before rubbing his head. That was when she noticed how his body had went limp. At first she panicked for a moment before she heard his quiet breathing.

"Hm... somepony must be tried." She said with a light chuckle, before removing the colt with magic. She held him up in the air and made her way to the nearest bed which was compared to the other things in the library surprisingly clean and dry. She stopped at the edge of the bed before levitating him under the blankets. She was about to walk away when she noticed how his hoofs held her front leg. She tilted her head as she tried to push them away but they wouldn't bulge. She smiled at him before whispering.

"Seems like I will have a snuggling buddy tonight." With that she laid inside the bed beside the colt who instantly pushed into her chest again.

"Sleep well… tomorrow we will have a lot to do."