A/N: well, I was really bored, so here's another chapter, enjoy

Family is Forever: chapter 7: on the run

Applejack could only look on in horror, as Shine smiled, he started laughing, "I got to hand it to you Flame, your better than I thought, maybe I underestimated you, but I promise, you I won't make that same mistake, twice" he said as he looked around the room, he stopped when he rested his eyes on Solar Glaze, who was struggling against his captor, but to no avail, Shine smiled and began walking over towards him, making the young colt shake in fear.

Shine walked up to him, and got down to eye level, and stared into his eyes, Solar tried to be brave, but his body betrayed him, Shine simply smiled, "so, you must be Applejack's son, I guess that makes me your uncle" he said, Solar just shook in fear, only making Shine laugh.

"So tell me Solar Glaze, what like being the son of a murder, what's it like being the son…of a whore" he said many of the ponies gasped in surprise, except Dark Star who was fueled by anger.

"Don't you ever call her that again, or I will kill you, you bastard!" he shouted, Shine just got up on all fours, turned and walking in front of him, and looked him up and down, and chuckled to himself, "I don't think you're in a position to be making threats…Dark Star right, well since your married to my sister, I guess that makes us, brothers" he said with a smile.

Dark Star, just stared him in the eyes, and spit in his face, Shine stepped back, and wiped it off his face, "I would never call you a brother of mine, you're a monster" he said, Shine walked up to him, and gave him a very hard punch to the stomach, enough to knock the wind out of him, Applejack gasped as he fell to the floor, clutching his stomach, only to be hauled on to his hooves, and having the knife returned around his neck.

Shine turned and walked back in front of Applejack, and faced her, "I hope you spent the last few hours, saying goodbye to your friends and family, if not, then that's too bad, because you're about to watch them die, right here, right now, I'll have their throats slit, so you can watch them bleed at your hooves, then you will know the pain I felt" he said, Applejack was in tears, they flew from her eyes like a waterfall.

"Please Shine, don't do this, I'm begging you, leave them alone, kill me instead!" she shouted, but he just smiled, Applejack just fell to the ground, crying out.

By now, Flame had seen enough, he looked over to his side, at Dark Star, and nodded his head, who nodded his in return, he then turned to his family, and gave them a certain look, and one only they could understand.

They nodded, and closed their eyes, Flame sighed heavily, and closed his eyes, he focused his magic to his horn, and suddenly the room was filled with a blinding white light, after he did, they all opened their eyes, and saw the ponies that were holding them, now on the floor covering their eyes, Flame broke free, and bucked the pony behind him in the chest, sending straight into the wall.

Soon, all the others did the same, Flame turned and saw Shine about to attack his family, he focused his magic to his horn, and shot a powerful blast of magic at him, it collided and he flew straight across the room.

"Alright, everypony run!" Flame shouted and all their friends ran out the door, he stayed and shot more blasts of magic at the attackers, "Flame get out of here!" Dark Star shouted, Flame nodded and ran out after the others, while Dark Star punched another one in the face, Applejack called out to him.

"Dark Star, what are you doing, come on!" she shouted, but he turned to her, "no, you go, we'll all hold them off, go to Canterlot with the others, we'll meet you there later" he said, Applejack looked at him with worry, but she understood and ran out after the others.

Dark Star turned and saw Shine staring at him, Dark Star's anger returned, and he charged out wildly, Shine just watched, and when he was in range, he turned and bucked him in the chest, with unusual strength, he hit the wall with bone shattering force, and fell to the ground, he looked up, and saw Shine standing over him, pointing a pistol at him, and a smile on his face, "wrong move, my friend" he said, with a sick smile.

(PonyVille, train station)

After they all made a run for it, they decided to go with their original plan, and headed for the train station, before they got there, they stopped to catch their breath, so they wouldn't cause any suspicion.

Before they continued, Flame looked around for some of their friends, "wait, where's Dark Star and the others?" he asked, Applejack looked up at him, "they stayed behind, they'll join us in Canterlot later, they said to go on" she said, at first Flame didn't like the idea, but he knew what Dark Star meant, and went with it.

After they had all calmed down, they calmly walked up to the ticket booth, "may I help you, sir?" the pony behind the desk asked, and Flame walked up and took a deep breath, "yes, I would like ten tickets for your next train to Canterlot, please" he said, and the pony gave him to amount of money, and Flame reached into his bag, and gave him the appropriate amount, "you're in luck, the train is just arriving, have a nice trip" the pony said and they all walked away.

Only having to wait a few minutes, the train arrived, and they boarded, but still keeping an eye out, for any of Appleshine's friends were following them, luckily they did not see any.

After they boarded, they took their seats, and tried to stay calm, "what's the plan then Flame?" Dash asked, Flame turned and looked at all of them, and took a seat next to his wife and his two foals, "when we get to Canterlot, we need to find Shining Armor and Comet, we need their help, but for now, let's all get some sleep, were going to need it, it's an hour ride to Canterlot" he said, as they all closed their eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

But what they didn't know was that, this was only the beginning of their problems.

A/N: well there you have it, come back next time to see what happens, as we draw closer to the end, peace out.